BJÖRN BAHLMANN, Dr. jur., (Attorney at Law, admitted at the European Trademark Office), studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. His doctorate thesis deals with legal issues in relation to unsolicited email advertisements. Before joining Boehmert & Boehmert he practised for more than three years as an attorney in the intellectual property and media law department in the Munich office of the international law firm Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, working on trademark, unfair competition, media and IT law matters. He now focuses on trademark and unfair competition law as well as combating product piracy.

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