Robert Briske
Partner, 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.
Scout24
Osborne Clarke has advised Immoscout24's parent company Scout24 on the acquisition of bulwiengesa – one of the leading German real estate data providers. Read more.
Senvo
Osborne Clarke has advised Senvo, a freight invoice verification automation platform, on its successful EUR 2.5 million financing round. Read more.
Expedition Growth Capital
Osborne Clarke has advised the British investment company Expedition Growth Capital on their first ever investment in Germany in the amount of EUR 10 million into IT company epilot. Read more.
Wonderway
Osborne Clarke has advised Wonderway GmbH, manufacturer of AI-powered sales performance SaaS products, on its acquisition by the global strategy implementation firm BTS. Read more
Flexa GmbH
Osborne Clarke has advised Flexa GmbH on the establishment of a virtual power plant regarding contractual and corporate law, regulatory issues and data protection and copyright in connection with algorithms and AI models.
Backbone
Osborne Clarke has advised Backbone, producer of imagery for the real estate market, on the acquisition of property marketer IMOGENT GmbH. Read more.
recalm
Osborne Clarke has advised recalm, known for its ANCOR active noise cancelling technology, on its strategic partnership with the agricultural technology and commercial vehicle manufacturer KRONE, read more.
VR Ventures / Redstone
Osborne Clarke has advised VR Ventures / Redstone on its investment in the seed funding round of start-up nuwo, read more.
Plantix
Osborne Clarke advises on sale of Plantix to Helm AG, read more.
Redstone
Osborne Clarke has advised Redstone on its investment in the pre-seed financing round in health tech start-up eaze, read more.
G2 Venture Partners
Osborne Clarke has advised investor G2 Venture Partners on its investment in energy start-up 1KOMMA5°. Read more here.
Scout24
Osborne Clarke advises Scout24 on acquisition of Sprengnetter Group, read more.
VR Ventures / Redstone
Osborne Clarke advises VR Ventures / Redstone on investment in SaaS start-up Kertos, read more
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
Insights
25/03/2025
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10m
Intellectual property
No Copyright Protection for Birkenstock Sandals
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IP and the metaverse: ownership and infringement of rights
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Does Brexit mean “game over” for your trademarks?
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