Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) - Spain
Antje SÖDER
E-mail address:
[email protected]
Telephone:
+34 96 513 87 27 (work, direct line)
Present position at
OHIM:
Legal Assistant of the Boards of Appeal
Nationality:
German
Languages for mediation: German:
English:
mother tongue
negotiation level
Spanish:
French:
good understanding, speaking and writing
basic level
Educational background
2012
Accredited Mediator CEDR ( Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution)
2008
Accredited ‘Rechtsanwältin’ (Bar admission), Chamber of Attorney of Law
Hamburg, Germany
2008
Second Juridical State Examination, Higher Regional Court Cologne, Germany
2005 - 2006
Advanced classes in Economics and IP law (license agreements, patents, utility
patents, copyrights, trade marks) University of Cologne, Germany
2004
First Juridical State Examination/Diploma in Law, University of Cologne, Germany
Mediation training
2012
Accreditation as Mediator CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution)
2012
Preparation for CEDR accreditation, Alicante , Spain
2010
Negotiation training by Prof. Dr. Horst Eidenmüller LL.M. (Cambridge,) Munich,
Germany
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) - Spain
Earlier positions
2009 - 2011
Trade mark attorney, Hogan Lovells (Alicante) Limited & Cia, Alicante, Germany
Advising mayor international companies, in particular in the field of telecommunications
and insurances, in CTM related matters (international filing strategies, negotiations,
infringements, counterfeit); administration of worldwide trade mark portfolios and
coordination of litigation worldwide.
2010
Inhouse secondment with Deutsche Telekom, Bonn, Germany
Administrating worldwide trade mark portfolio, developing trade mark strategies,
business liaison.
2008 - 2009
Trade mark attorney, Hogan Lovells (Hamburg) LLP, Hamburg, Germany
Advising major international companies on IP related matters, in particular regarding
trade marks, copyrights, domains, competition law in particular in the field of
telecommunications.
2007 - 2008
‘Referendarin’ and legal assistant, CBH Rechtsanwälte, Cologne Germany
Assisting in advising companies in particular in the field of patents and compensation
of employed inventors; proceedings before the Arbitration Board under the Law on
Employees’ Inventions.
Publications
2009 - 2011
Several publications in ‘Intellectual Property Newsletter’ and ‘IP Punkt’ by Hogan
Lovells
2008
Several publications in ‘IP-Kompakt’ by CBH
2007
‘Lizenzvertragsrecht nach neuen GWB: Lizenzgebührenpflicht über den Inhalt des
Schutzrechts hinaus und nach Schutzrechtsende‘ in ‚Mitteilungen der Deutschen
Patentanwälte‘, p. 353 – 365 (co-author).