Robert Briske
Counsel, Specialist lawyer for intellectual property, Germany
Robert Briske represents and advises international and domestic clients in the field of intellectual property law.
He has a special focus on trademark, copyright and unfair competition litigation as well as extrajudicial representation.
In addition he has special expertise in the area of information technology, press law as well as licensing and distribution. 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, and the European Courts. Robert's international and domestic clients include companies in the industry sectors sports, entertainment, media, fashion, consumer goods, tourism and tech, media and comms.
Robert studied law at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and received the academic degree Master of Medicine, Ethics and Law (M.mel.) During his legal traineeship in Hamburg, he worked for a leading search engine, a public broadcasting station as well as for the chambers for press law and copyright law at the Regional Court Hamburg.
Work
Redstone
Osborne Clarke advises Redstone on its investment in Careloop, read more
Allcargo Logistics
Osborne Clarke advises Allcargo Logistics on the acquisition of shares in Fair Trade GmbH, read more
CloudFactory
Osborne Clarke advises CloudFactory on acquisition of machine learning platform Hasty, read more
everdrop
Osborne Clarke advises everdrop in EUR 80 million investment round, read more
VR Ventures
Osborne Clarke advises VR Ventures on investment in Empion, read more
Sylphar NV and KaroPharma AB
Osborne Clarke advises Sylphar NV and Karo Pharma AB on purchase of Satin Naturel, read more
coparion and VR Ventures
Osborne Clarke advises coparion and VR Ventures in Series A financing of Finanzguru, read more
Onit
Osborne Clarke advises Onit on acquisition of BusyLamp, read more
LevlUp
Osborne Clarke advises shareholders of LevlUp on the sale to Glanbia, read more
VR Ventures and Force Over Mass
Osborne Clarke advised VR Ventures and Force Over Mass in EUR 4 Million Banxware seed round, read more
Fyffes
Osborne Clarke advises Fyffes on expansion in Germany, read more
Insights
Commercial
Enforcement risks mount in Germany for comparison and intermediary platforms
German watchdog is pursuing misleading behaviour and lack of transparency on ranking, reviews and market coverage
08/02/2023
Tech, Media and Comms
IP and the metaverse: ownership and infringement of rights
Platform operators will need to have tools and measures in place that allow them to put an end to infringements
28/04/2022
Intellectual property
Does Brexit mean “game over” for your trademarks?
Despite the tumultuous state of British politics, it still looks like the United Kingdom will leave the EU on 29...
14/02/2019
