Prof. Dr. Peter Ruess

ARNOLD RUESS (Germany)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  - Attorney-at-law with ARNOLD RUESS, Düsseldorf since 2010

  - Specialized in trademark, design, competition and copyright law

  - Bar-Certified Specialist Attorney for Intellectual Property Law since 2008

  - Full Professor of Law at International School of Management (2010-2023), Adjunct Professor since 2023

SELECTED CASES

  - Advising and representing SONY Interactive Entertainment on various cases for over 15 years

  - Creation of a holistic IP strategy for a prominent manufacturer of children's entertainment including own development of the brand names ("TONIES" and "TONIEBOX")

  - Representing and advising KAO group company in copyright litigation (trial court, appeals court, Federal Supreme Court)

  - Advising and representing SUBARU Germany in various advertising campaigns for 20 years

  - Successful litigation regarding fundamental advertising issues for tobacco business client (trial court, appeals court, Federal Supreme Court)

SELECTED RECOGNITIONS

  - Handelsblatt carries him in its "Best Lawyers" list.

  - Who's Who Legal: "talented litigator" with "dynamism and commitment"

  - WTR 1000: "Gold: He is an outstanding strategic thinker and has exceptional legal knowledge. He is very well connected, has a good economic understanding and adopts a commercial outlook in trademark proceedings."

EDUCATION

  - Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property

  - Law (GWU), Thelma Weaver Memorial Award Recipient 2005

  - Doctoral Thesis (S.J.D. equivalent) in unfair competition law

  - Law and business administration studies at Bayreuth University, Vienna (Business University of Vienna)