Team

Team

We value making personal connections and staying in close contact with our clients around the world. Our IP team consists of multi-lingual speaking attorneys, certified paralegals and qualified intellectual property support staff.

Our goal is to understand our clients` needs, develop strong, long-standing relationships in order to maximize their success.

Meet the Team:

Alexandra Dellmeier
Attorney at Law (Germany) - Rechtsanwältin - Equity Partner
Heinz Bähr
Diplomingenieur (Univ.), Innovation Management - Equity Partner
Marion Ziliox
Rechtsanwältin / Of Counsel
Thorsten Koerl
Rechtsanwalt / Of Counsel - Cooperation Partner
Elisabeth Sandmair
Head of IP Administration
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Trademark Administrator / Certified Paralegal
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Accounting Manager
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Head of IT / Legal Tech - webbased docketing software

Thorsten Koerl

Thorsten Koerl

Attorney Thorsten Koerl has been working as a cooperation partner with the LexDellmeier law firm since early 2026. With more than 25 years of professional experience in the field of intellectual property (IP), he has excellent expertise in trademarks, designs, patents, and utility models, advising medium-sized companies and corporations on all aspects of industrial property rights.

Work experience

since 2026: LexDellmeier, Rechtsanwält / Of Counsel - Cooperation Partner

since 2012: self-employed Attorney at Law (Germany) / Rechtsanwalt, Augsburg

- Representing and advising clients in

  • trademark law
  • design law
  • competition law
  • copyright law including software agreements
  • IT law

- litigation

- Drafting of complex IP contracts including tech-transfer agreements
 

2002  - 2021: Müller-Boré Patentawälte PartG mbB, München
Non-Equity Partner / Rechtsanwalt / Head of the Trademark and Law Departent as of 2009

- Representing and advising clients in

  • trademark law
  • patent law, in particular employee invention law
  • design law
  • copyright law

- litigation

- product piracy matter
 

Languages:

German, English, French
 

Recent Publications in German in the field of Intellectual Property (Extract):

  • GRUR-Prax 2025, 727: Anmerkung zu EuG T-340/23 - Rechtserhaltende Benutzung einer Bild- marke - Doppelwinkel  
  • GRUR-Prax 2024, 654: Anmerkung zu OLG Köln 6 U 155/23 - Herkunftstäuschung bei Verwendung einer nachgeahmten Glasflaschenform
  • GRUR-Prax 2023, 358: Anmerkung zu EuG T-35/22 - Rechtserhaltende Benutzung der Marke „SYRENA“ nur für Rennwagen, aber nicht für den Oberbegriff „Fahrzeuge“ oder „Sportwagen“
  • GRUR-Prax 2022, 511: Anmerkung zu BGH I ZR 154/21 - Benutzung einer Domain kann für Entstehen eines Unternehmenskennzeichens genügen  
  • GRUR-Prax 2022, 83: Anmerkung zu BPatG 26 W (pat) 41/19 - Keine Verwechslungsgefahr zwischen den Marken „ORGANOSIL G5“ und „G5“
  • GRUR-Prax 2021, 701: Anmerkung zu EuG T-733/20 - Keine Wiedereinsetzung bei fehlender Kontrolle der Zahlung der Verlängerungsgebühren durch den sich selbst vertretenden Markeninhaber 
Thorsten Koerl