Michael Horak, LL.M.
Lawyer, graduate engineer, specialist intellectual property law Uhlemeyerstraße 9+11 30175 Hannover Germany E-Mail horak@beukenberg.com Office Katrin Jänicke Tel +49 511/ 59 09 10 -20 Fax +49 511/ 59 09 10 -55 E-Mail jaenicke@beukenberg.com BiographyBorn in 1967; studied law and electrical engineering in Stuttgart, Erlangen and Hanover; 1994 graduated in electrical engineering; 1995 - 1998 associate at the patent law office; 1996 first degree in law; 1997/1998 associate at international law offices, among others at Clifford Chance (London); 1998 final degree in law; 1998 - 2002 associate at Ritter, Gross & Partner; 1999 LL.M. (Master of Laws); specialization: „European Management and Employment Law“ at the University of Leicester (England); 1998/2003 publications: „Environmental protection and competition“, in EUDUR, Prof. Rengeling, ed.); 2000 advising engineer of the Chamber of Engineers in Lower Saxony; 2003 partner at the law office BEUKENBERG; Sworn interpreter/translator for courts and notaries of the district Hanover (English) Admitted to Local Court and Regional Court Hanover, also admitted to the Regional Appeal Court Celle, licensed to practise before all German local and regional courts Specialist intellectual property law since 2006 MembershipInternational Bar Association; British-German-Jurist-Association, German-American Lawyers’ Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Task Force covering Employment Law of German Lawyer Association; European Economic Interest Grouping (EAK EWiV); Legal Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright(GRUR); German Law and Informatics Association (DGRI);Association of German Electrical Engineers (VDE); Association of experts on Legal Protection of Industrial Property (VPP e.V), President of the supervisory board of nebenbahn.de AG 1999-2002 Focuses |