THOMAS W. BODDIEN, Dr., (Attorney at Law, admitted at the European Trade Mark Office) studied law at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a special emphasis on intellectual property rights and copyright law. In practice, he is specialized in copyright law, trademark law and unfair competition law as well as in press and media law with a special interest in the internet law including litigation.

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