Dr. Alexander Gaul

Dr. Alexander Gaul acts as a Director of the Legal Department. He is a German Attorney (Rechtsanwalt) and has built up a profound knowledge of IP-related matters during his career. 

Alexander has particular expertise in managing global IP portfolios and provides clients with strategic advice on the development, protection, exploitation and optimisation of their IP portfolios. He practices in German, European and international trademark law, design, copyright, competition and contractual law. Alexander is also an expert in combating product piracy. He currently manages a team of 15 IP specialists.

Career history

Alexander obtained his First and Second Bar Exam from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, and his Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the University Augsburg, Germany. He subsequently gained experience in managing major IP portfolios at a renowned law firm in Munich, Germany, before joining Brandstock in 1995. He is a registered German Attorney.

Work highlights

Alexander has extensive experience in trademark and design filing projects and management, registry of trademarks, trademark and design infringement actions (litigation), office actions, oppositions, nullity actions, preparing coexisting agreements and strategic and efficient management of international IP portfolios. He also focuses on domain name disputes, notice-and-takedown procedures and combating product piracy, including border seizure procedures.

Memberships

Alexander is a member of the Chamber of Attorneys, Munich, and GRUR - German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyrights.

Areas of expertise

• IP strategy
• Trademark and design registration and portfolio management
• Trademark and design filing strategies
• Trademark and design prosecution
• Trademark and design litigation
• Trademark and design portfolio audits
• Corporate IP management
• IP risk management
• Litigation management
• Pre-litigation & litigation
• Copyright
• Competition law