Philipp Ess
Partner / Frankfurt
Specialist lawyer for intellectual property rights
German, English
About Philipp Ess
Philipp Ess has particular experience in advising and litigating in patent law, employee invention law, trademark law, franchise law, unfair competition law and licensing law. In the context of M&A transactions, he advises on liability, risk and transferability of IP / IT assets.
In addition, Philipp Ess especially deals with the prevention and prosecution of industrial espionage. Furthermore, he focuses on information technology law as well as commercial and distribution law, in particular e-commerce and full-service support in setting up web stores.
Technological and scientific cases are his passion.
Philipp Ess studied law at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz. He has been a specialist attorney for intellectual property law since 2015. Before joining avocado rechtsanwälte, he worked for commercial law firms in Frankfurt.
Activity
- Intellectual property law
- Patent law
- Employee invention law
- Franchise law
- Competition law
- License agreement law
- IT-law
- Commercial law
- Distribution law
- E-commerce law
Memberships
Deutsche Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V. (GRUR, German branch of AIPPI) – member of the board of the local branch of Frankfurt am Main; Judge at the sports court and the appeal court of Deutscher Motorsportbund e.V. (DMSB), German branch of FIA; Allgemeiner Schnauferlclub e.V. (ASC; oldest German club for classic car heritage); Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. (football club, German premier league)
Publications
Ess, Philipp: § 10 Abs. 1, Abs. 2 S. 2, 1. Alt. GeschGehG - Schadensersatz für die (reine) Erlangung eines Geschäftsgeheimnisses? Zur Vereinbarkeit der Norm mit der deutschen Schadensdogmatik, WRP 2023, 663 ff.
Ess, Philipp u.a.: Aktuelle patentrechtliche Rechtsprechung zu Medizinprodukten, 2019/2020, MPR 2020, S. 222 ff.
Ess, Philipp: Wie weit reicht der Geheimnisschutz? Zum rechtsverletzenden Produkt i.S.d. § 2 Nr. 4 GeschGehG, WRP 2020, 988 ff.
Ess, Philipp u.a.: Aktuelle patentrechtliche Rechtsprechung zu Medizinprodukten, 2018/2019, MPR 4/2019, S. 109 ff.
Ess, Philipp u.a.: Aktuelle patentrechtliche Rechtsprechung zu Medizinprodukten, 2016/2017, MPR 5/2017, S. 145 ff.
Ess, Philipp u.a.: Aktuelle patentrechtliche Rechtsprechung zu Medizinprodukten, 2015/2016, MPR 2016, S. 115 ff.
Ess, Philipp u.a.: Aktuelle patentrechtliche Rechtsprechung zu Medizinprodukten, 2014/2015, MPR 2015, S. 139 ff.
Ess, Philipp: Serving and enforcing a German preliminary injunction abroad, Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2013 12: 911–913
Ess, Philipp u.a.: Hartplatzhelden und der ergänzende Leistungsschutz im Web 2.0, WRP, Heft 6/2011, S. 697 ff.
Ess, Philipp: Bundesgerichtshof clarifies software patentability prerequisites: first step towards legal certainty in Europe?, Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2010 5: 827-829