Cologne
+49 221 20 52-436 +49 221 20 52-1 d.eickemeier@heuking.de
Languages
German, English
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Industrial Property Law
- Unfair Competition Law
- Copyright and Publishing Law
- Information Technology (IT)
- Internet Law
- Open Source Projects
- Art Law
- Employee Invention Law
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property
- Design Patent Law
- Licensing Law
- Law of Trademarks and Related Marks
- Patent Law
- Press Law and Freedom of Speech
- Anti-Counterfeiting
- Litigation
- Plant Variety Protection Law
- Distribution Law
- Protection of Trade Secrets
Vita
- Co-Head of the IP, Media & Technology Practice Group
- Certified specialist lawyer in Intellectual Property Law
- Lecturer for certified specialist lawyers in Copyright- und Media Law at Cologne University of Technology
- Admitted to the bar since 1997
- Education and former activities
- Training course, certified specialist lawyer in Intellectual Property Law 2007
- Arbitrator of the Czech Arbitration Court, Prague (for eu.domains and according the UDRP)
- University of Hamburg and Köln1989-1994
Affiliations
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Member of the Board of Advisors des LL.M. in Transnational Commercial Practice at the CILS/Boston University/Lazarski University
- Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e. V. (GRUR)
- VPP
- ARGE IP und Medien, im Deutschen Anwaltverein
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e. V.
Dominik Eickemeier's Distinctions
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Legal 500 Germany 2024
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Leaders League 2023
Legal 500 Germany 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
Best Lawyers 2023
Legal 500 EMEA 2022
Legal 500 Germany 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
Legal 500 Germany 2021
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Legal 500 EMEA 2020
Legal 500 Deutschland 2020
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2019/2020
Legal 500 EMEA 2019
Legal 500 Germany 2019
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2018/2019
Legal 500 EMEA 2018
Legal 500 Germany 2018
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2018
Legal 500 EMEA 2017
Legal 500 Germany 2017
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2016/2017
Legal 500 EMEA 2016
Legal 500 Germany 2016
JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2014/2015
Legal 500 EMEA 2015
Legal 500 Germany 2015
JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2014/2015
Latest news
Projects
Publications
2024
BGH urteilt zur Panoramafreiheit bei Drohnenaufnahmen
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 109
International regulation for AI systems by the Council of Europe
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 100
AI Act: Preliminary result of the trilogue negotiations leaked
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 90 & Update Data Protection No. 168,
together with Dr. Hans Markus Wulf Transparency and protection obligations for providers of online platforms under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 89
2023
Vorsicht bei Widerrufsbelehrungen bei digitalen Inhalten und Dienstleistungen
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 84 ,
together with Svea Kunz Der Schlüssel zur Macht
Harald Czycholl, In-house Counsel, Issue 3/2023
2022
New Deal for Consumers – was sich dieses Jahr im Verbraucherrecht ändert
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 62
Die Novelle der Preisangabenverordnung: Neue Informationspflichten bei der Werbung mit Preisermäßigungen
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 61
2021
BGH-Urteil: Zur Löschung von Beiträgen und Sperrung von Nutzerkonten durch Facebook bei Hassreden
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 49
Der goldene Farbton des „Lindt-Schokoladenhasen“ genießt Markenschutz
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 48
Zur Verantwortlichkeit von Video-Sharing-Plattformen für Rechtsverletzungen Dritter
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 46
Neues Schuldrecht für digitale Produkte – Viele Verträge müssen angepasst werden
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 43
Far-Reaching Reform of German Copyright Law based on European Requirements
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 35
Der neue Gesetzesentwurf zur Stärkung des Verbraucherschutzes im Wettbewerbs- und Gewerberecht
Update IP, Media & Technology, No. 32
2020
BGH erklärt Veröffentlichung der "Afghanistan-Papiere" für zulässig
Update IP, Media & Technology, Nr. 25
Rechtliche Risiken bei Nutzung internationaler Cloud-Anbieter
gridscale, 2020
Impact of the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic on proceedings before the trade mark and design offices
Update IP | Special newsletter coronavirus
Neue EU-Verordnung stärkt die Rechte gewerblicher Nutzer von Online-Vermittlungsdiensten
Update IP, Media & Technology, No. 23
Lectures
2016
Certified specialist lawyer training Interface Copyright – Information Technology (in German)
DAI-Lecture, April 26, 2016, DAI-Anwaltsinstitut, Berlin
2015
Interview on selfies (in German)
The Loft, Episode 4, Minute 5, Köln.tv
Gift cards / vouchers from a legal point of view (in German)
6th Gift Card Summit, October 1, 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany
Interview on the work of the IP, Media & Technology practice group (in German)
starting at Minute 20, eco audiomagazin 2015-03
2013
Copyrights and Software – New technologies and developments (in German)
conference of DACH (Europäische Anwaltsvereinigung), Basel, September 20, 2013
Internet pitfalls – Newsflash (in German)
client seminar 'News about e-commerce & social media', July 9, 2013, Düsseldorf
Internet pitfalls : Social Media und Advertising on the Internet (in German)
client seminar 'News about e-commerce & social media', July 4, 2013, Cologne
2012
IP trends for creative agencies
speech on the occasion of the annual international TAAN agency network meeting in Dublin, September 2012
2011
Update Intellectual Property (in German)
Administration Roundtable and lecture, Syndicus Summit 2011, May 30/31, 2011, Frankfurt am Main
2010
Social media and law (in German)
Social Business Summit 2010, July 5, 2010, Düsseldorf
2009
Official experts and law - avoid stumbling blocks in professional practice (in German)
HypZert, April 2, 2009, Cologne, Germany
2008
Make your own website safe (in German)
1. GmbH general manager day, February 21, 2008, Cologne, Germany
Official experts and law - avoid stumbling blocks in professional practice (in German)
Sprengnetter, 16. Annual Conference, January 17-19, 2008, Fulda, Germany
Update Internet Law (in German)
Berlin, Chemnitz, Cologne, Munich, November 15, 2007 till January 2008
2007
What is permitted in Web 2.0? (in German)
Management Forum, August 9, 2007 in Cologne; September 11, 2007 in Munich, Germany
2006
Current developments on the GmbH with a focus on IT/IP (in German)
November 16, 2006, Cologne, Germany
2005
Technical advice - Legal advice - Overview of a patent attorney’s work (in German)
Fall seminar of the Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys, September 22-23, 2005, Leipzig, Germany