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Attorney Thomas Seifried has contributed to well-known media in matters of intellectual property law:
Specialist lawyer for intellectual property law
Attorney Thomas Seifried has over 20 years of experience in intellectual property law and has also been a specialist attorney for intellectual property law since 2007. He is the author of specialist books and has conducted many successful proceedings before courts and trademark offices.
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Thomas Seifried
German Intellectual Property Lawyer
Thomas Seifried was managing director of a textile and fashion industry association for the protection of industrial designs and models and is the author of the practical handbook on advertising law "Rechtssicher werben" published by XchangeIP Verlag. He is also co-author of the reference book "Schutzrechte und Rechtsschutz in der Textil- und Modeindustrie" published by dfv Mediengruppe. As a specialist lawyer for intellectual property rights ("Fachanwalt fuer gewerblichen Rechtsschutz"), he regularly speaks at trade fairs and events (Heimtextil, Digital Fashion Day, search-expo, marketing + services, TextilWirtschaft Sustainability Summit) on trademark and competition law issues relating to marketing and online and search engine advertising. He regularly writes articles for trade journals and gives interviews on trademark law, competition law and internet law, for example for the magazines "HORIZONT", "TextilWirtschaft" or on heise.de.
Clients’ industries
Thomas' clients are traditional medium-sized companies with annual revenues of up to €500 million. His clients include some of Germany's best-known online retailers, well-known trademark manufacturers and long-established family businesses, wholesalers, trademark and advertising agencies, family offices, and well-known associations and organizations with up to 30,000 employees. Thomas has particular experience in the online retail, advertising, wholesale, textile and fashion, footwear and leather goods, and cosmetics industries. The main areas of expertise is litigation, where he have achieved considerable success. The amounts in dispute in our court proceedings range up to EUR 10 million.
Representation in and out of court
Warning letters, cease-and-desist declarations, contractual penalty claims, Litigation, in particular preliminary injunction proceedings
Trade mark law
Advice and representation in cases of trademark infringement, warning letters for trademark infringement, trademark applications and trademark searches
Competition law, advertising law and health product advertising law
Advice and representation in warning letters in competition law, misleading advertising and unfair business practices and in the law on the advertising of health products
Design law
Advice and representation in cases of infringement of designs and registration of designs
Copyright law
Advice and representation in cases of copyright infringement and infringement of photographic rights
Antitrust law
Advice and representation in antitrust law, in particular in antitrust supply claims
Reviews
SEIFRIED IP Rechtsanwälte
Based on 11 reviews
Ultimatrix
08.10.2025
I had a very helpful initial consultation with Mr. Seifried. He took the time to explain everything clearly and seemed very experienced. I definitely recommend him!
Sascha
22.09.2025
I had a question about copyright in the online and media sector and contacted Seifried IP with confidence. Mr. Seifried was able to help me quickly, professionally, and, most importantly, effectively.
Raphael Zimmer
04.09.2025
Very competent, quick response