Arne Führer, né Schramm

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21+ years of experience

Language:

English, German

German: mother tongue;
English C2, Spanish C1;
French: A2

Present Function:

Presiding Regional Court Judge; since March 2024 on secondment as Head of the Legal Department of Hamburg's State Ministry of Justice and for Consumer Protection.

General Expertise:

Certifications and/or licenses
2006: Certificate of attendance of the online-course -El Espacio Judicial Europeo en materia civil y mercantil: competencia, reconocimiento y ejecución de resoluciones judiciales-, Consejo General del Poder Judicial, Spain;
21/05/2007-23/05/2007: Certificate of attendance of the seminar -Cuestiones practicas en torno a los instrumentos de cooperación civil y su evolución legislativa. Intercambio de experiencias-, Consejo General del Poder Judicial, Barcelona, Spain;
04/09/2007-06/09/2007: Certificate of attendance of the Judicial Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich, Germany;
12/11/2007-14/11/2007: Letter of attendance of the Judicial Skills Course, Judicial Studies Committee for Scotland, Carnoustie, Scotland, U. K.;
01/07/2008-03/07/2008 and 23/11/2009-27/11/2009: Certificates of attendance of the Mediation programme and training, Hellenic Mediation and Arbitration Centre, Athens, Greece, in cooperation with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Alicante, Spain.

Professional legal or litigation experience related to the scope of competence of the PMAC

a) Judicial functions:
16/08/2004-30/06/2006: Member of the Patents, Unfair Competition, Trademark and Antitrust Law Civil Division and EU Trademark Court at the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg;
01/07/2006-30/11/2007: Member of the Copyright and Design Law Civil Division at the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg;
01/06/2008-31/05/2010: Seconded National Expert at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs) of the European Union (now: European Union Intellectual Property Office [EUIPO]);
22/02/2011-31/12/2012: Chairperson of the Copyright and Libel Law as well as the European and International Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters Civil Division at the District Court (Amtsgericht) of Hamburg;
01/01/2013-31/05/2020 and 01/12/2020-29/02/2024: Vice-Chairperson of the Patents, Unfair Competition, Trademark, Insolvency, Inheritance and Private International Law as well as the English-Speaking Civil Division and EU Trademark Court at the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg.

b) and c) Non-judicial and legislative/academic/administrative functions:
Since 01/2013: Member of the Legal and International Working Group (since 2019: Legal Expert Group) as well as the Sub-Group on Costs and Damages of the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, EUIPO, Alicante (Spain) and Brussels (Belgium) [both patent law and other areas of IP law];
01/01/2013-30/11/2013: Chairperson of the European Commission’s Expert Group on Intellectual Property Valuation, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Square Frère Orban, 8, 1049 Brussels, Belgium [both patent law and other areas of IP law];
06/05/2016: Panellist and presentation on the topic -Proving Reputation- at the IP Case Law Conference of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain;
16/11/2017: Presentation on the topic -Aspectos Jurisprudenciales en el Tribunal de Marca de la Unión Europea de Alemania. Mención Especial Asunto Prejudicial (C-231/16)- at the XII. Jornadas del Tribunal de Marcas de la Unión Europea in Alicante, Spain;
05/10/2021: Moderator of the IP Enforcement Panel (Preliminary Injunctions in Patent Disputes) at the LES Virtual Pan-European Conference in Budapest (online);
23/09/2022: Presentation on the unitary patent system and the UPC in Hamburg.

Professional technical experience related to the scope of competence of the PMAC
N/A

Memberships and/or accreditations
German Judges Association.

Practical experience of conducting mediation or conciliation or judicial settlement conferences or out-of-court dispute settlements in disputes related to the scope of competence of the PMAC
Judicial functions with practical experience of conducting conciliation and judicial settlement conferences:
16/08/2004-30/06/2006: Member of the Patents, Unfair Competition, Trademark and Antitrust Law Civil Division and EU Trademark Court at the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg;
01/07/2006-30/11/2007: Member of the Copyright and Design Law Civil Division at the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg;
01/06/2008-31/05/2010: Seconded National Expert at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs) of the European Union (now: European Union Intellectual Property Office [EUIPO]);
22/02/2011-31/12/2012: Chairperson of the Copyright and Libel Law as well as the European and International Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters Civil Division at the District Court (Amtsgericht) of Hamburg;
01/01/2013-31/05/2020 and 01/12/2020-29/02/2024: Vice-Chairperson of the Patents, Unfair Competition, Trademark, Insolvency, Inheritance and Private International Law as well as the English-Speaking Civil Division and EU Trademark Court at the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg.