Dr. Kevin Kruse
Lawyer and Notary in and for Bielefeld
Certified Specialized Attorney in Intellectual Property Law
Vita
- Born in 1972
- Legal studies at Bielefeld University
- First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 1998
- Doctoral research a Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung Fellow
- Research associate under Prof. Dr. Oehler (Chair for Commercial and Business Law, as well as Comparative Law) at Bielefeld University
- Legal clerkship ("Refrendariat") at the Bielefeld District Court
- Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") in 2001
- Bar admission in 2002, and with the firm since then
- Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) 2003
- Certified Specialized Attorney in Intellectual Property Law since 2008
- Appointment as notary in 2011
- Lecturer at the Deutsches Anwaltsinstitut e.V. (DAI) in the field of IT law since 2017
- Visiting lecturer at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (Master Program in Business Law) since 2019
Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltverein
- Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V. (GRUR)
- Arbeitskreis Wettbewerbs- und Markenrecht Westfalen-Lippe e.V. (Vorstandsmitglied)
- Juristische Gesellschaft Ostwestfalen-Lippe e.V. (Vorstandsmitglied)
Publications
Monographs
- Rechtstreue und Lauterer Wettbewerb - Das Verhältnis von Rechtswidrigkeit und Sittenwidrigkeit im Deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht, Frankfurt 2003
Contributions to books
- Rechtsbruch (§ 4 Nr. 11 UWG) in: Götting Meyer Vormbrock (Hrsg.),
- Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Wettbewerbsrecht, Praxishandbuch,
1. Aufl., Baden-Baden 2011
Essays
- Heikle Werbung mit der Fußball-WM, NJW-aktuell 24/2048, 19.
- Verletzung verbraucherschutzrechtlicher Belehrungspflichten als Wettbewerbsverstoß, WRP 2001, 1132
Case discussions
- EuGH, Urt. v. 13.10.2011, C-439/09 Kartellrechtliche Zulässigkeit des Internetvertriebs, in: Betriebs-Berater, BB 2011, S. 2689
- OLG Hamm, Beschl. v. 13.10.2008, I-31 W 38/08, Sperrung von Konten für betrügerische Websites, in: Multimedia und Recht; MMR 2009, S. 112 - 125
(mit Sebastian Meyer)
Kompetenzen
Compliance
- Cartel law compliance
- IP compliance
IP rights & competition law
Competition law
- Violations against competition regulations (warning, pre-liminary injunction, action)
- Assessment of advertising material, web pages, online shops, advertising campaigns, contests, General Terms and Conditions etc. with regard to compliance with competition law
- Protection against imitation
Trade mark and designation law
- Application of German trade marks, community trade marks and IR trade marks
- Trade mark research, management and monitoring
- Consulting on trade mark strategies
- Contract design (trade mark license and transfer agreements, delimitation agreements)
- Conduction of opposition and cancellation proceedings before authorities, the German Federal Patent Office and the General Court
- Trade mark and designation infringements (warning, preliminary injunction, action)
- Trademark infringements abroad
Design law
- Application of German and EU designs (formerly known as design patents)
- Design infringements (warning, preliminary injunction, action)
Patent and utility model law
- Patent and utility model infringements (warning, preliminary injunction, action)
- R&D contracts
- Technology transfer agreement
- Patent license agreements
Cartel law
- Representation in preliminary proceedings before cartel authorities
- Civil antitrust law (compensation for damages, abuse of dominant market position, obstruction of competitors)
- Distribution cartel law (supply provisions, exclusivity agreements, non-competition clauses)