Dr. Hermann-Josef Omsels
Attorney-at-Law (Germany)
omsels@hertin.de / +49 30 8859 29-41
Areas of Specialization
Copyright law, design rights, patent law and utility model law, trademark law, competition law, multimedia and IT law.
Languages
German, English, French
References
Hermann-Josef Omsels has been repeatedly recommended as an expert for Trademark and Competition Law by the JUVE Handbook of German Lawyers and as an expert for Intellectual Property by The LEGAL 500.
He teaches Copyright Law and Competition Law at the Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste/UdK) and Competition- and Trademark Law at the FORUM Institute for Management and at the German Lawyers Institute (Deutsches Anwaltsinstitut).
He is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Deutsche Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht/GRUR), of the German Society for Law and Computing Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik/DGRI) and of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Proprieté Intellectuelle/AIPPI).
He is the author of many leading legal publications and commentaries such as the Geographical Indication of Origin, Carl Heymanns Verlag 2007; the Handbook for Intellectual Property Lawyers, Luchterhand 2007 (Co-Author); Harte-Bavendamm/Henning-Bodewig: Commentary on Competition Law, C. H. Beck 2004 (Co-Author); Commemorative Publication for Paul W. Hertin (published by Christian Schertz and Hermann-Josef Omsels), C. H. Beck 2000; permanent author of JURIS Practice Report on Competition Law and Intellectual Property (published by VorsRiBGH Prof. Dr. Eike Ullmann, RiBGH Dr. Alfred Bergmann); and also of numerous other treatises on Copyright Law, Trademark Law, and Competition Law.
Hermann-Josef Omsels studied German Studies and Philosophy at the Universities of Wurzburg and Munster and Law at the Universities of Munster and Berlin. He received his Doctor Juris (PhD) in 2006 from the Humboldt University of Berlin.
