Anja Franke has been advising her clients for two decades, focusing on trademark, competition and copyright law. In this context, she provides strategic advice on product development and market launch and enforces rights against imitators and other infringers. Her clients include medium-sized companies and start-ups from German-speaking countries as well as globally active companies, which she represents concerning the registration and enforcement of their rights at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the courts in Germany as well as before the EUIPO, the Court of First Instance (CFI), and the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Anja is currently involved in MARQUES’ Anti-Counterfeiting & Parallel Trade Team. She is a member of INTA (International Trademark Association), where she has supervised and co-moderated the annual “INTA/EUIPO Industry Event” at the EUIPO for several years. Anja is now a member of the Commercialization of Brands Committee. In addition, she is a member of GRUR and was a lecturer at the Münster School of Design for several years.
