{"id":2607,"date":"2022-12-15T10:47:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T10:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/soeren-dahm\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T08:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:01:04","slug":"soeren-dahm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/team\/soeren-dahm\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f6ren Dahm"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section big-visual parallax\" data-parallax-min-screen-width=\"768\">\n\t\t<picture class=\"big-visual__image-container\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-5126_tech-1-414x221.jpg\" width=\"414\" height=\"221\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-5126_tech-1-767x410.jpg\" width=\"767\" height=\"410\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-5126_tech-1-1920x650.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"650\" alt=\"\" class=\"big-visual__image parallax__load-image\" loading=\"edge\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t<div class=\"big-visual__content-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"big-visual__content parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"move\" data-parallax-orientation=\"up\" data-parallax-distance=\"70%\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"big-visual__title big-visual__title--small\">S\u00f6ren <strong>Dahm<\/strong><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big-visual__text\">Lawyer<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section text-box text-box--variant-3 parallax\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1 text-box__title\">\t\t\t\tVITA<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text--intro\">My name is S\u00f6ren Dahm. I am specialised in intellectual property rights and<strong> partner of Kather Augenstein<\/strong> since more than 10 years. During my studies and legal clerkship, I worked for several years in a patent law firm in D\u00fcsseldorf and where I gained a deep insight into all areas of intellectual property law.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of my work is on the enforcement of technical property rights. My clients include international corporations as well as medium-sized companies and individual inventors. I have gained practical experience in the fields of automotive, telecommunications, network security technology, chemistry, mechanical engineering and medical technology from more than 100 infringement proceedings I have conducted.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to patent law, I also represent clients in contentious <strong>trademark, design and competition law<\/strong> proceedings.\u00a0Based on my many years of experience, I am convinced that I can find the right solution for your case as well.<\/p>\n<p>My assistant is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/daniela-kortmann\/\">Daniela Kortmann<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"text-box__aside\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">Contact<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p><a class=\"link--tel\" href=\"tel:+49-211-5135360\">+49-211-5135360<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link--vcard\" href=\"mailto:dahm@katheraugenstein.com\">dahm@katheraugenstein.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text--intro\">German, English<\/p>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section__background section__background--01 section__background--center\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"move\" data-parallax-orientation=\"down\" data-parallax-distance=\"80%\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use href=\"\/app\/themes\/kather-augenstein\/images\/sprites\/icons.svg#kather-augenstein\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section class=\"section quote-slider  \">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"quote-slider__image-container\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/dahm_240x240-138x138.jpg\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/dahm_240x240.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/dahm_240x240-130x130.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" media=\"(max-width: 1299px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/dahm_240x240-240x240.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" class=\"quote-slider__image parallax__load-image parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"class\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"quote-slider__quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our focus is on the interest of our client in every case.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>S\u00f6ren Dahm<\/strong>, Partner\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section collapse \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__text text-box text-box--variant-1\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>In addition to my work in legal advice and litigation, I regularly publish under various trade media. Together with my partner Christopher Weber, I work for The Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) as a correspondent for Germany. I am a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) and the VPP.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"collapse__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"collapse__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"collapse__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRepresentative cases\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapse__icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__container collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Representation of a start-up in a vindication dispute concerning 11 patent families in the field of electrodynamic direct drives<\/li>\n<li>Representation of a US company against several competitors for patent infringement in the field of network security technology<\/li>\n<li>Representation of a leading German chemical company in a dispute with a competitor concerning whipping agents for desserts<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Representing a tire manufacturer in a suit for infringement of a Community design for a truck tire tread (Regional Court of Hamburg\u00a0<span class=\"zit\">BeckRS 2018,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?VPath=bibdata%2Fents%2Fbeckrs%2F2018%2Fcont%2Fbeckrs.2018.47799.htm&amp;readable=Parallelfundstellen&amp;IsSearchRequest=True&amp;HLWords=on&amp;JumpType=SingleHitJump&amp;JumpWords=308%2BO%2B120%252f17\">47799<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Reifenprofil II)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Participation in a competitive process regarding competitive originality and imitation of natural-stone cobblestones (Higher Regional Court Cologne GRUR 2017, 1159 \u2013 Natursteinpflaster)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Preliminary injunction proceedings for a major German automotive supplier, obtaining ex-parte injunctive relief for patent infringement by resolution<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Infringement proceedings for breach of 5 different intellectual property rights at two court venues \u2013 dental engineering \/ chemical<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Preliminary injunction proceedings for a luxury sports car manufacturer, obtaining injunctive relief for trademark infringement by resolution<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Series of patent infringement lawsuits for infringement of 12 different standard essential patents at two court locations \u2013 mobile phones \/ LTE<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"collapse__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"collapse__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPublications\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapse__icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__container collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>\n<p>German Federal Court of Justice clarifies requirements for the protectability of shape marks \u2013 Federal Court of Justice, decision dated 23 July 2020, I ZB 42\/19 \u2013 Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 124 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Likelihood of confusion in the case of marks with a weak distinctive character, Federal Patent Court, Decision dated 22.1.2021 \u2013 29 W (pat) 524\/18 (DPMA), <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2021%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2021.139.1.htm&amp;pos=1&amp;hlwords=on&amp;lasthit=True\">GRUR-Prax 2021, 139<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The use of a trademark in such a way as to preserve the rights, Federal Patent Court, Decision dated 31.8.2020 \u2013 26 W (pat) 2\/18<em>,<\/em>\u00a0IPRB 2021, 9-10<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Update Germany 2021 \u2013 What\u2019s New in German Intellectual Property Law? Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 123 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Change in Jurisdiction on Territoriality? Regional Court of Dusseldorf on Patent Infringement if the steps of a Patented Method are not all done in a Single Country but in Multiple Countries, OLG D\u00fcsseldorf, decision dated 28.07.2020, 4a O 53\/19, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 122 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>German Federal Court of Justice increases the requirements for FRAND-objection, Report on the Federal Court of Justice\u2019s decision in Sisvel v Haier, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 121 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Is the famously stringent\u00a0<em>German Patent Act\u00a0<\/em>about to be softened?, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 120 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Double Identity \u2013 Not as identical as you think? Federal Court of Justice discusses the criteria for trademark use of a model name as an indication of origin, FCJ, decision dated 11.04.2019, I ZR 108\/18, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 119 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Federal Court of Justice clarifies criteria for right of private prior use, FCJ, decision dated 14.05.2019, X ZR 95\/18, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 118 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Federal Court of Justice clarifies criteria in determining the protected subject matter of a registered design, FCJ, decision dated 20.12.2018, I ZB 25\/18 and I ZB 26\/18, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 117 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Federal Court of Justice clarifies criteria in determining the protected subject matter of a registered design, FCJ, decision dated\u00a0 20.12.2018 (I ZB 25\/18 und I ZB 26\/18), IPSANZ, Issue 117, September 2019 [EN]\u00a0<em>(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Courts clarify Art. 16 of EC Regulation No 110\/2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 116 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The territorial scope of the risk of confusion of a multi-syllable union sound mark, Federal Supreme Court Judgment of 12.07.2018 \u2013 I ZR 74\/17, IPRB 2019, 29<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>European Court of Justice (\u201cCJEU\u201d) clarifies interpretation of Art. 8(1) of Designs Directive, CJEU, deiciosn dated 08.03.2019 \u2013 C-395\/16 \u2013 DOCERAM, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 115 [EN]<em>\u00a0(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>HRC Dusseldorf refuses to follow FCJ regarding cease and desist obligations in German patent cases, OLG D\u00fcsseldorf, decision dated 30.04.2018, I-15 W 9\/18 \u2013\u00a0<em>Rasierklingeneinheiten<\/em>, Intellectual Property Forum \u2013 IPSANZ, Issue 114, December 2018 [EN]\u00a0<em>(together with Christopher Weber)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Legal consequences of successful FRAND-objection,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2017%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2017.67.1.htm&amp;pos=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GRUR-Prax, 03\/2017, 67-69<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"collapse__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"collapse__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLectures\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapse__icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__container collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>The Infringement Process, VPP Seminar, 13.10.2022 to 15.10.2022 (co-lecturer Dr Christof Augenstein)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<section class=\"section quote-slider quote-slider--lavender-gray parallax\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"quote-slider__image-container\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/de-recommended-lawyer-english-2022-1-138x138.jpg\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/de-recommended-lawyer-english-2022-1.jpg\" width=\"148\" height=\"214\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/de-recommended-lawyer-english-2022-1-130x130.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" media=\"(max-width: 1299px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/de-recommended-lawyer-english-2022-1.jpg\" width=\"148\" height=\"214\" alt=\"\" class=\"quote-slider__image parallax__load-image parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"class\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"quote-slider__quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Dahm is calm in communication, but extremely precise in his approach. 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