Sandra Stolzenburg-Wiemer, admitted as an attorney since 2001, advises and represents German and international clients in and out of court in all relevant aspects of unfair competition law (with particular focus on unfair imitation of product packaging), design and trademark law (incl. advise on grey market imports and customs border seizures), personal rights and copyright law, as well as in matters of cosmetic labeling and advertising. In this context she is a highly experienced litigator. In addition, she has extensive expertise with IP portfolio strategies and conducting trademark and design prosecution, oppositions and cancellation proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Her clients come from various industry and trade sectors, including consumer and electronic goods, retail, cosmetics, accessories, watches and jewelry, fashion and footwear, design furniture and lamps, pharmaceuticals and medical products, food and beverages.
Sandra studied at the Universities of Münster, Barcelona and Heidelberg. Following her 1st State Exam she completed her legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf. Following her legal clerkship and 2nd State Exam, she worked as a research fellow at the Institute of Civil, Commercial and Corporate Law at the University of Düsseldorf, where she obtained also her PhD. Her doctoral thesis on a topic related to media law dealt with the issues of providing legal advice, unfair competition and constitutional law. Afterwards, Sandra practiced for several years in a large international law firm, advising and representing German and international clients especially on matters of trademark law, unfair competition law as well as on media and copyright law.
During her legal clerkship in a large commercial law firm in San Francisco and a five-year stay in Houston for family reasons she gained intensive intercultural experience in the USA.
Sandra has published and lectured on various topics relating to media, copyright and trademark law.
