Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Patent Law
- Industrial Property Law
- Protection of Trade Secrets
- Automotive
- Artificial Intelligence
- Unified Patent Court
Vita
- Registered as representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) seit 2023
- Member of the preliminary examination committee "Certified Specialist Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law" of the Düsseldorf Bar Association
- Certified Specialist Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law
- Head of the Global Patent Law Practice Group of the World Services Group
- Admitted to the Bar since 1999
- Education and former activities
- Business law firm in Mexico City 1998-1999
- Research Assistant at the Institute for International Law of the University of Munich 1997-1998
- Legal Trainee (Referendar) in Munich 1996-1998
- Universities of Munich, Siena/Italy and Göttingen 1989-1995
Affiliations
- European Patent Laywers Association (EPLAW)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
- German-Japanese Lawyers Association (DJJV)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Dr. Anton Horn's Distinctions
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
IP Stars 2024
IAM Patent Recommended Individual 2024
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Chambers Europe 2024
Legal 500 Germany 2024
Chambers Global 2024
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
JUVE Patent Germany 2023
WirtschaftsWoche Top Anwalt 2023
IAM Patent 1000: Recommended Individual
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Chambers Global 2023
Chambers Europe 2023
JUVE Patent Germany 2022
Leaders League 2023
Legal 500 Germany 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
Best Lawyers 2023
Legal 500 EMEA 2022
Chambers Europe 2022
Chambers Global 2022
Legal 500 Germany 2022
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022
Leaders League 2021
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
Chambers Europe 2021
Chambers Global 2021
Legal 500 Germany 2021
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Legal 500 EMEA 2020
Chambers Europe 2020
Legal 500 Germany 2020
Latest news
Publications
2024
Patent Applications for Genetic Resources: WIPO Agreement Brings New Disclosure Obligations
Update IP, Media & Technology, No. 104
More money at last! – New case law on damages for patent infringements
Update IP, Media & Technology, No. 92,
together with Birthe Struck, LL.M. Patentstreitigkeiten in der Praxis
TU München, Lehrstuhl Prof. Christoph Ann, January 15, 2024
2023
KI-Tools für Patentabteilungen
Herbstfachtagung der Patentfachleute OWL, November 30, 2023, together with Kelly Sue Lankowski
99 days UPC – First Conclusions for Companies
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 85,
together with Dr. Sabine Dethof The European Unified Patent Court is coming – Risk Management Required!
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 82,
together with Philipp Roman Schröler Akteneinsicht in Patentnichtigkeitsverfahren bei Geheimhaltungsinteressen
IPRB 2023, 29-30, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, Köln,
together with Dr. Detlef Raasch2022
Ukraine is an EU candidate: Will we soon be able to submit patent applications for Ukraine to the European Patent Office?
Update IP, Media & Technology Nr. 76,
together with Isabella Sommer-Zhang, M.Sc. Geschäftsgeheimnisse jetzt besser durchsetzbar - Spezialkammern nehmen ihren Betrieb auf
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 68,
together with Birthe Struck, LL.M.2021
Europäisches einheitliches Patent - ja, nein, nun doch?
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 51
2020
Legal requirements for a new attempt to ratify the UPC Agreement – How can it still be saved in spite of Brexit and the Federal Constitutional Court decision?
May 15, 2020, Bulletin of the German patent attorneys, together with Miran A. Aymaz,
together with Dr. Cem Karaosmanoğlu Ethiopian teff: The fight against biopiracy
Deutsche Welle, January 21, 2020
Lectures
2023
Einsatz von KI in der Patentabteilung
Spring conference of the patent experts OWL, April 25, 2023
Patentstreitigkeiten in der Praxis
TU Munich, Chair Prof. Christoph Ann, January 23, 2023
2021
Die Praxis von Patentverletzungsverfahren
TU München, Chair of Prof. Christoph Ann (Online), January 25, 2021
2018
Das neue Recht zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen und seine Folgen für öffentliche Aufträge
September 21, 2018, Düsseldorf
une vision du régime allemand des inventions de salariés (in English)
De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, July 5, 2018, Paris
2016
Patent Trolls – EU-Patent: Was kommt auf die Unternehmen zu?
April 26, 2016, Hamburg
2015
Feindliche Lizenzangebote – Was tun?
June 18, 2015, Munich
2014
Erpressung durch IP-Rechte? Wie Unternehmen auf patentrechtliche "Lizenzangebote" und Drohungen reagieren können
BUJ IP-Summit 2014, November 26, 2014, Cologne
2013
Die Durchsetzung von Patenten außerhalb des Mainstream
June 12, 2013, Düsseldorf
The Effects of the European Patent Package on Conventional EP Patents
April 18, 2013, Düsseldorf
2010
Workshop Patent Law in Europe – Enforcement and Defence
September 22, 2010 in Düsseldorf
Protection of knowledge in the shipbuilding industry - Appropriate ways to react on violation of IPR in practice
arranged by the European Comission, GD Company and Industry, March 26, 2010 in Hamburg
Workshop Patent Infringement
March 25, 2010 in Düsseldorf
Know-how-Schutz am Beispiel Chinas
arranged by the Arbeitskreis Außenwirtschaft, Abteilung Bergbautechnik, des VDMA e.V., March 25, 2010 in Düsseldorf
2008
IP-Schutz in Schwellenländern – Besonderheiten, aktuelle Tendenzen, Ausblick
Dispute Resolution Forum, April 17, 2008 in Düsseldorf