CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR. GEORG FEDERER

Dr. Georg Federer is the managing member in Urban Thier & Federer Rechtsanwälte. He is a civil litigation attorney admitted to practice in Germany since 1987.

Dr. Federer's primary practice areas include Competition and Trademark Law (in compliance with German and European Union laws regulating advertising, marketing, and anti-trust/anti-competition matters), wills, estates and probate law, and business litigation, as well as transactional matters.

• Dr. Federer retired on June 30, 2016.

 

 

He specializes in:

• Trademark and Competition Law (Advertisement, Marketing Campaigns, Sponsoring)
• General Contract Law
• Anti Trust Law, Protection of Trademarks
• Estate Law
• Business and Corporate Law

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Verwaltungswissenschaftliche University
  Ph.D. (Juris Doctor), Munich, Germany 1989
  Degree in Administrative Law Studies
  Speyer, Germany 1985

• Ludwig-Maximilians University
  School of Law; Munich, Germany
  Bavarian State Exam
  conferred 1983

• Bayerische Vereinsbank
  Specialized Degree in Banking
  Munich, Germany 1977

EXPERIENCE AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of Urban Thier & Federer, Sozietät, Munich
• practicing Attorney in Munich, since 1987
• Publication: "Das Wettbewerbsverhältnis im Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb," VVF Verlag, Munich, 1990
• Professor ("Lehrbeauftragter") at the Academy for Film and Television, Munich, 1991 - 1994
• Member in German Attorneys Association ("Deutscher Anwalt Verein"), founding member of its commitee for international trademark protection ("Arbeitsgemeinschaft für internationalen Rechtsverkehr")
• Member of the "Deutschen Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht" (GRUR)

EMPLOYMENT

• Shareholder, Urban Thier & Federer Rechtsanwälte
  Munich, Germany, present
  
  
• Private law practice
  Munich, Germany, since 1987
  
  
• Professor, University for Film and Television
  Lecturer on the topic of Special Advertising Formats in film and television
  Munich, Germany, 1991 - 1994

HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Max-Planck Institute, Scholarship
  Institute for foreign and international Patent, Trademark and Antitrust Law,
  Munich, Germany, 1984 - 1992
  
  
• Publication of the textbook,
  "Das Wettbewerbsverhaltnis im Gesetz gegen unlauteren Wettbewerb,"
  VVF Publishing, Munich, Germany 1990

ORGANIZATIONS and MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the German Attorney AssociationFounding
• member of the Consortium for International Legal Relations
• Director on board of directors for a German corporation (GmbH) 1998 - 2002
• Member of the German Bar, exam in Munich, Germany 1987