Dr. Detlef Mäder

Dr. Detlef Mäder specialises in competition and trademark law as well as in the other related areas of intellectual property rights (i.e. design rights, rights against product piracy) and telecommunications law. Dr Detlef Mäder has comprehensive litigation experience throughout Germany in patent, trademark, unfair competition and copyright disputes. He also advises his clients on contractual drafting issues such as licence matters.

IP & Copyright Law
IT Law
Private Wealth & Succession

Dr. Detlef Mäder was born in 1969. He studied law in Freiburg, Germany, from 1989 to 1994 and completed his first bar examination in 1994. He worked as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute in Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg and at the University of Cologne from 1994 to 1996. During this time, he completed his dissertation and was awarded his doctor's degree (Dr. jur). from the University of Freiburg in 1996. He was admitted to the bar in 1998 and joined Luther’s predecessor law firm in 1996. He is head of the Cologne office.

• The Legal 500 Germany (2020): Mentioned in Intellectual Property - Trademark Law and Competition Law ("Equally high professional competence and high commitment. But also very solution and practice-oriented. Never lose sight of the commercial aspects")
• Best Lawyers (2020): Award in "Intellectual Property Law"
• JUVE Guide (2019/2020): frequently recommended in "Trademark and Competition Law" ("tough but always fair opponent", competitor)
• The Legal 500 Germany (2019): Listed in "Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz - Marken- und Wettbewerbsrecht" (Intellectual Property - Trademark and Competition Law)
• JUVE Guide (2018/2019): Mention under frequently recommended in the category "Trademark and competition law"
• The Legal 500 (2018): Recommendation in the category "Intellectual Property, Trademark and Competition Law"
• Chambers Global (2015-2016): Listed under "Intellectual Property" - Trademark & Unfair Competition
• The Legal 500 (2016): Germany: Ranking in the category "Intellectual Property"
• JUVE Guide (since 2011/2012): Ranking in the category "trademark and registered design law" as one of the most frequently recommended lawyers ("very properly").
• Chambers Europe (2012-2015): Ranking in  the category "Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Unfair Competition".

Dr. Detlef Mäder advises numerous nationally active companies - especially those in retail, prestigious marketing agencies, and their customers - in issues regarding the configuration and protection of marketing measures as well as in disputes over intellectual property rights. Dr. Mäder also provides assistance to national and international clients with their demands for trademark and design rights or their defense thereof. He also helps to maintain and care for major trademark portfolios worldwide.