Dr Matthias Kloth is partner and international Co-Head of Osborne Clarke's global intellectual property practice. He represents and advises international and domestic clients in the field of intellectual property law, with a special focus on trademark, design, copyright and unfair competition law.

Matthias specializes in intellectual property law and has been advising and defending companies in all matters relating to brands, designs, copyrights and other IP assets for more than 20 years.

Matthias gives strategic advice, provides legal opinions and is an experienced litigator. His work encompasses litigation at all levels of courts, including infringement litigation before the civil courts and invalidity cases before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the German Federal Patent Court, the German Supreme Court and the European Courts. Besides litigation, he advises clients on intellectual property-related issues, including strategic advice on brand protection, distribution systems, licensing and franchising systems, branding and advertising campaigns, the launch of new products, joint ventures and IP-related transactions.

He was admitted to the bar in 2002; in 2006 he was awarded the title of "Fachanwalt für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz" (specialist lawyer for intellectual property law).

Matthias is a frequently recommended lawyer for trademark and competition law according to Juve and The Legal 500 ("creative and assertive, with fighting spirit, very good results"; "technically excellent and assertive", "sense of business and creativity").

Matthias is co-editor and co-author of the "Handbuch des Werberechts" (Brand and Advertising Law), co-author of the "Münchner Prozessformularbuch” (Chapter on Trademark Law and Litigation) as well as author of numerous essays, expert contributions and judgement notes on intellectual property law. He regularly speaks at conferences and seminars on current issues in his field of work.