Competition and advertising law
Extrajudicial advice and representation in court, especially in preliminary injunction proceedings
Internet law and data protection law
Advice and representation in Internet law and data protection law
Antitrust Law
Advice and representation in antitrust law, in particular on pricing and antitrust supply claims
Warning letters and cease-and-desist declarations
Representation in case of cease-and-desist letters and contractual penalty claims
Author of specialist book on competition law, design patent law, design law and trademark law
Attorney Thomas Seifried was managing director of an industrial association of the textile and fashion industry for the protection of designs and models and is co-author of the book "Schutzrechte und Rechtsschutz in der Textil- und Modeindustrie - Das Praktikerhandbuch über Marken, Designs, Patente und Werbung" published by the Deutscher Fachverlag/dfv Mediengruppe.
As an attorney for trademark law, competition law and Internet law, he regularly speaks at trade fairs (Heimtextil, Digital Fashion Day, search-expo, marketing + services) on trademark law and competition law topics of marketing and online and search engine advertising. Thomas Seifried regularly gives interviews on Internet law, for example on heise.de and is the contact person for well-known media in questions of trademark law, competition law and Internet law.
Practice Areas - Intellectual Property and Internet Law/Online Law:
- Competition law and/or unfair competition law, advertising law, in particular unfair business practices, misleading and comparative advertising,
- Trademark law: Trademark infringements, trademark piracy, violations of company trademarks, company names and work titles, trademark violations by Google Adwords or search engine optimization (SEO)
- Domain law: Infringement of trademark and name rights through domain registration or domain use
- Design law or design patent law (German registered design, registered Community design, unregistered Community design), supplementary protection under unfair competition law
- antitrust law
- Internet law and data protection law
- Representation in the case of warning letters and defence against unjustified warning letters or unfair warnings in trademark law, competition law or unfair competition law, domain law, design law, internet law/online law
- Representation in the event of breaches of an obligation to cease and desist (contractual penalty claims) after submission of a declaration of cease and desist with penalty clause
- Litigation and preliminary injunction proceedings
- License agreement law
- Law of the General Terms and Conditions (GTC) and the Standard Terms and Conditions for Textile Finishing Orders (EBTV)
- Seminars on advertising law and competition law, trademark law, internet law, design law, design law
In the media: HORIZONT, heise.de, Financial Times Deutschland etc.
In the media: Here you will find a selection of publications and interviews by and with attorney Thomas Seifried.