Leading European intellectual property firm, D Young & Co LLP, has today announced the appointment of Jana Bogatz as a partner at the firm’s Munich office. Jana advises on both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of national and international trade mark, design, copyright and unfair competition law.

Her recruitment represents another significant step in the development of our presence in Germany following on from the recruitment in 2017 of Uli Foerstl and Dr Hanns-Juergen Grosse both partners in the firm’s Munich office.

Neil Nachshen, D Young & Co Chair, comments:

We’re delighted that Jana will be joining our growing team in Germany; we know Jana well having worked alongside her on various matters in the past and we’re convinced that she will be an extremely valuable member of our team. Whilst it was always our intention to develop a strong strategic offering in Germany we have also had in mind the potential impact of Brexit on some areas of our business and Jana’s arrival allows us to continue to offer the one stop shop for trade mark, design and patent advice for which we have always had a stellar reputation.

About Jana Bogatz

Jana’s legal advisory work includes all contentious and non-contentious aspects of national and international trade mark, design, copyright and unfair competition law. Her focus is in particular on the development of global trade mark and design filing strategies, the optimisation of trade mark and design portfolios, the enforcement of trade marks, designs and domains against infringements and dilution by third parties through court actions, as well as negotiation and conclusion of IP related agreements. She represents clients in proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Marks Office, the Federal German Patent Court, all German civil courts, the EUIPO and the European Courts in Luxemburg (GC and CJEU).

Jana was admitted to the bar in 2007 and is a certified expert for IP law ("Fachanwältin für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz") since 2014. Jana joins us from Bird & Bird but had previously worked for the IP boutique law firm JONAS in Cologne and as an Examiner at the European Trade Mark and Designs Office (EUIPO) in Alicante. She also has experience of working as an in-house lawyer for an international retail company in Düsseldorf and acquired further valuable insight into the role of legal advice in business decision-making through two client secondments to a leading company from the luxury goods industry in Geneva.

Jana speaks German, English, Italian and Spanish.

About D Young & Co LLP

D Young & Co is a leading intellectual property law firm with offices in London, Munich and Southampton. Clients are diverse and international, including academic institutions, blue-chip and global organisations, research institutes, start-up companies and SMEs, and spanning all industry sectors and technologies. The firm is ranked as a top tier IP firm by The Legal 500, Chambers UK, World Trade Mark Review (WTR 1000), IAM Patent 1000 and IP STARS (Managing IP). The firm’s solicitors are highlighted by Super Lawyers as IP Super Lawyers in the UK.