Janna Thomsen advises on all aspects of intellectual property law, in particular trade mark law and unfair competition law, as well as antitrust law (exclusionary conduct).
She specialises in strategic advice and the litigation of complex proceedings before the German and European courts.
She also advises national and international companies on the management and development of their trade mark portfolios and has many years of experience in conducting registration and opposition proceedings.
Janna specialises in product imitations - lookalikes - in the food and consumer goods industry.
Since 2017: Lawyer at HARTE-BAVENDAMM (Partner since2024)
2017: Second state examination, Hamburg (during the legal clerkship station abroad in Washington D.C.)
2014: First state examination, Schleswig
2011 – 2014: Member of the Chair of Copyright Law, IPR and IZVR of Prof Dr Haimo Schack
2009 – 2014: Law studies, CAU Kiel
Essays:
- Impediment and Discrimination in the Allocation of Concert Dates by Public Concert Halls, Handbuch Kulturmanagement, 90th Edition, 2024
- Note on BGH Kerrygold, Alles in Butter - Unlautere Herkunftstäuschung trotz abweichender Produkt- und Herstellerkennzeichnung?, ZLR 4/2023, 522
- Comment on EGC, Lack of distinctive character of the word mark "Fucking Awesome" for clothing goods, GRUR-Prax 2023, 295
- Note on Munich Regional Court I, Unfair imitation of chocolate bars known abroad, GRUR-Prax 2021, 504
- Comment on OLG Nuremberg, Use of a word/figurative mark as a trade mark by affixing it to a production facility, GRUR-Prax 2021, 254
IP Stars from Managing IP
- Rising Star 2024
- Rising Star 2023
- Rising Star 2022
- Rising Star 2021
Best Lawyers & Handelsblatt 2024 / 2025
- Ones to Watch (Intellectual Property Law)
