Christian Thomae

Christian Thomae joined Dumont in 2016 as head of trademarks. He specialises in trademarks, but also has expertise in patent, copyright and other areas of IP law. He has assisted clients with global rights protection strategies, tailoring approaches according to the needs of each client to achieve secure entry into new markets. He also has extensive experience in e-commerce, domain names, UDRP and Mexican local dispute resolution policy proceedings, and matters relating to the protection of IP rights on the Internet.

Mr Thomae has published several articles in Managing Intellectual Property magazine, The Trademark Lawyer magazine and World Intellectual Property Review.

He is a member of:

• the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, where he is on the Education Commission;
• the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property, where he is a member in the Technology Committee;
• the International Trademark Association, where he is a member of the Compliance and Accountability Subcommittee of the Internet Committee; and
• the European Communities Trademark Association.

Mr Thomae has spoken at different IP conferences and congresses and continues to be part of the faculty for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) at the WIPO Summer School on intellectual property in Mexico.