Peter Ruess
Europe Guide 2024
Band 5 : Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Unfair Competition
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About
Provided by Peter Ruess
Practice Areas
Professor Dr. Peter Ruess LL.M. IP (GWU, Washington DC) is one of the firm’s partners. He specialises in intellectual property law and, in particular, trademark and unfair competition law.
The JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms continues to highly recommends the “very present and precise” and “professionally excellent” Peter Ruess for trademark and unfair competiton law (quotes: “innovative, eloquent”, “expertise with contracts, clear and fast advice”, “very high level”, “high expertise, fast, good and service-oriented, has a knack for things, commercial understanding”,”accomplished lawyer with an eye for details”). He is also annually featured as top tier in worldwide ranking WTR 1000 (sample quotes: “a fine litigator”, ” brilliant client service”, “dab hand on cross-border matters”, “brilliant all-rounder, he gives his clients truly business-orientated advice”, “cutting-edge practitioner who provides top level advice”). Peter Ruess has, according to WTR, “the capacity to profoundly analyse matters and then simplify his analysis into a very convincing argument – a combination that is difficult to find.” He has been voted by his peers into the Best Lawyers Ranking.
Career
Studied law at Bayreuth University and Business University of Vienna, doctoral thesis (SJD equivalent) in unfair competition law. He is Professor of Law with InternationalSchool of Management, Dortmund and Frankfurt/Main.
Chambers Review
Europe
Peter Ruess focuses his practice on trade mark and unfair competition topics. He acts on unfair advertising claims, copyright violation proceedings and trade mark portfolio management issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I particularly appreciate his economic understanding and the ability to think out of the box. He finds a viable and satisfactory solution to every matter, even factually and legally demanding ones."
"Peter Ruess is a very pleasant partner who can adapt well to the client."
"He is very responsive and responds very quickly and precisely. He gets to the point and has the tactics and benefit for the client in mind."
"I particularly appreciate his economic understanding and the ability to think out of the box. He finds a viable and satisfactory solution to every matter, even factually and legally demanding ones."
"Peter Ruess is a very pleasant partner who can adapt well to the client."
"He is very responsive and responds very quickly and precisely. He gets to the point and has the tactics and benefit for the client in mind."
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