Curriculum vitae

• 2004
  Founding partner of MÜLLER FOTTNER STEINECKE

• 2000
  Partner of Knauthe Eggers law firm and establishment of the Munich office of Knauthe Eggers

• 1995–1999
  Practice in the field of Intellectual Property law as a Rechtsanwalt (Attorney at Law) with a large Intellectual Property firm near Munich in trademark law, copyright law, unfair competition law, licensing, and patent litigation matters

• 1993–1995
  Trainee lawyer with the District Court of Munich, the Department of Public Prosecution, the European Patent Office and a law firm

• 1991–1992
  Member of scientific staff of Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law in Munich; studies in the field of US-copyright law and US-trademark law; doctoral thesis on the subject: “Tradename licenses and names of companies and affiliated companies” (Firmenlizenz und Konzernfirma)” with Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Gerhard Schricker, Head of Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law

• 1985–1990
  Studies of law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich with emphasis on unfair competition law, copyright law and patent law

Publications

• “Firmenlizenz und Konzernfirma” (“Tradename licenses and names of companies and affiliated companies”) (1996), Carl Heymanns Verlag, Volume 98, by Markus Müller

• “Markenrechtliche Haftung bei Bannerwerbung im Internet” (“Liability for advertising banners on the Internet under tradenmark aspects”) by Markus Müller

• “Marken anmelden – eine Guideline – Nichts ist unmöglich” (“Filing trademark applications – a guideline – Nothing is impossible”) by Alexandra Fottner and Markus Müller