Michael Munsch

Expertise Areas of Expertise Michael Advises Experience Highlights Career History

Partner

Intellectual Property

+49 (0) 178 718 2071

Expertise

Michael Munsch is a lawyer specialising in Intellectual Property (IP) law, with a particular focus on patent and trademark litigation. He represents clients before national courts and authorities and, in patent disputes, also before the Unified Patent Court.

Michael advises national and international clients of all sizes. His approach is centred on holistic legal counsel to develop solutions that make economic sense while sustainably ensuring the protection, defence, and enforcement of intellectual property.

IAM Patent 1000 describes him as: “ his involvement in high-profile litigation battles marks him out as a stand-out practitioner on the German scene”

He has over 15 years of experience in legal consulting, with a career that includes positions as a lawyer in leading law firms, in-house counsel for corporations, and an investment manager in litigation funding.

Areas of Expertise

  • Patent and IP Litigation: Strategic advice and representation in all types of IP infringements, including patent, trademark, design, and copyright disputes.
  • Comprehensive IP Advisory: Supporting clients throughout the entire lifecycle of IP rights – from development and registration to defense and enforcement in case of infringement.
  • Trade Secrets: Advising on the protection of confidential information and the enforcement of claims in case of trade secret violations.
  • Commercial & Contract Law: Assistance with all types of commercial contracts, including procurement, distribution, IT, and R&D agreements.
  • Competition Law: Advising on issues of unfair competition.
  • Licensing: Drafting and negotiating licensing agreements, technology transfer agreements, and R&D contracts.
  • Start-Up Advisory: Targeted legal support for start-ups.
  • Litigation Funding: Advising on the financing of legal disputes and assisting in securing litigation funding.

Michael Advises

  • Start-ups
  • Inventors
  • SMEs
  • Established medium-sized companies
  • International corporations

Experience Highlights

  • Legal advice and litigation representation of international companies in the enforcement of standard-essential patents in the mobile communications sector.
  • Legal advice and litigation representation of a leading German company in defending against allegations of patent infringement, including representation in patent nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court.
  • Legal counsel for a tech start-up facing patent infringement claims from a leading company.
  • Legal advice for a leading German company in patent infringement and patent nullity proceedings against multiple international corporations
  • Management of large trademark and design portfolios, including the defence and enforcement of the company’s intellectual property rights.
  • Regular preparation of second opinions for litigation funders in patent disputes.

Career History

Previous Law firms & companies

  • 2023 – 2025 Omni Bridgeway (Investment Manager & Senior Legal Counsel)
  • 2023 -2025 Munsch Legal
  • 2020 – 2023: Meissner Bolte (Counsel)
  • 2015 – 2020 EIP Europe LLP (Partner)
  • Thyssen Krupp Elevator (Legal Counsel)
  • Nestle Deutschland GmbH (Legal IP Counsel)
  • LLR Legerlotz Laschet Rechtsanwälte
  • CMS Hasche Sigle

Memberships

  • GRUR (Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)
  • LES (Licensing Executive Society)

Education

  • University Münster
  • University of Cologne
  • London Business School

Publications

  • Dispute Resolution 2023, Ausgabe 2: “Patentrechtliche Schiedsverfahren als moderner Streitbeilegungsmechanismus“ Dr. Martin Metz LL.M., Michael Munsch
  • Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte 2020, 250 „Der patentrechtliche Unterlassungsanspruch – ein Teil
    einer Familie im deutschen Rechtssystem?“ Prof. Dr. Dr. Fitzner, Michael Munsch
  • Lexology (Getting the deal through): Patents 2021 in Germany
  • World Trademark Review
  • Trademark Litigation, Global Guide (2021 Edition), Germany
  • The Intellectual Property Review (Tenth Edition) – Chapter 6 (Germany)
  • GRUR-Prax 2020, 310: “Wann ist eine anschauliche Darstellung ein technisches Lösungsmittel?“
  • Lexology
  • GRUR-Prax 2019, 555 “Schutzrechtsverletzendes InVerkehr-Bringen durch Besitzverschaffung zur Lagerhaltung“
  • GRUR-Prax 2018, 15 “Verwechslungsgefahr zwischen BERG OUTDOOR und BERGHAUS“ Latest speaking engagements
  • UPC-Conference 2024 at Bucerius Law School: Panel Discussion: Damages & Costs in the UPC system
  • Chambers Webinar 2023: The UPC and How Litigation Funding Can Support Your Patent Enforcement Strategy

 

 

 

 

Michael is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Michael Munsch is a lawyer specialising in Intellectual Property (IP) law, with a particular focus on patent and trademark litigation. He represents clients before national courts and authorities and, in patent disputes, also before the Unified Patent Court.

Michael advises national and international clients of all sizes. His approach is centred on holistic legal counsel to develop solutions that make economic sense while sustainably ensuring the protection, defence, and enforcement of intellectual property.

IAM Patent 1000 describes him as: “ his involvement in high-profile litigation battles marks him out as a stand-out practitioner on the German scene”

He has over 15 years of experience in legal consulting, with a career that includes positions as a lawyer in leading law firms, in-house counsel for corporations, and an investment manager in litigation funding.

Areas of Expertise

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  • Patent and IP Litigation: Strategic advice and representation in all types of IP infringements, including patent, trademark, design, and copyright disputes.
  • Comprehensive IP Advisory: Supporting clients throughout the entire lifecycle of IP rights – from development and registration to defense and enforcement in case of infringement.
  • Trade Secrets: Advising on the protection of confidential information and the enforcement of claims in case of trade secret violations.
  • Commercial & Contract Law: Assistance with all types of commercial contracts, including procurement, distribution, IT, and R&D agreements.
  • Competition Law: Advising on issues of unfair competition.
  • Licensing: Drafting and negotiating licensing agreements, technology transfer agreements, and R&D contracts.
  • Start-Up Advisory: Targeted legal support for start-ups.
  • Litigation Funding: Advising on the financing of legal disputes and assisting in securing litigation funding.

Michael Advises

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  • Start-ups
  • Inventors
  • SMEs
  • Established medium-sized companies
  • International corporations

Experience Highlights

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  • Legal advice and litigation representation of international companies in the enforcement of standard-essential patents in the mobile communications sector.
  • Legal advice and litigation representation of a leading German company in defending against allegations of patent infringement, including representation in patent nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court.
  • Legal counsel for a tech start-up facing patent infringement claims from a leading company.
  • Legal advice for a leading German company in patent infringement and patent nullity proceedings against multiple international corporations
  • Management of large trademark and design portfolios, including the defence and enforcement of the company’s intellectual property rights.
  • Regular preparation of second opinions for litigation funders in patent disputes.

Career History

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Previous Law firms & companies

  • 2023 – 2025 Omni Bridgeway (Investment Manager & Senior Legal Counsel)
  • 2023 -2025 Munsch Legal
  • 2020 – 2023: Meissner Bolte (Counsel)
  • 2015 – 2020 EIP Europe LLP (Partner)
  • Thyssen Krupp Elevator (Legal Counsel)
  • Nestle Deutschland GmbH (Legal IP Counsel)
  • LLR Legerlotz Laschet Rechtsanwälte
  • CMS Hasche Sigle

Memberships

  • GRUR (Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)
  • LES (Licensing Executive Society)

Education

  • University Münster
  • University of Cologne
  • London Business School

Publications

  • Dispute Resolution 2023, Ausgabe 2: “Patentrechtliche Schiedsverfahren als moderner Streitbeilegungsmechanismus“ Dr. Martin Metz LL.M., Michael Munsch
  • Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte 2020, 250 „Der patentrechtliche Unterlassungsanspruch – ein Teil
    einer Familie im deutschen Rechtssystem?“ Prof. Dr. Dr. Fitzner, Michael Munsch
  • Lexology (Getting the deal through): Patents 2021 in Germany
  • World Trademark Review
  • Trademark Litigation, Global Guide (2021 Edition), Germany
  • The Intellectual Property Review (Tenth Edition) – Chapter 6 (Germany)
  • GRUR-Prax 2020, 310: “Wann ist eine anschauliche Darstellung ein technisches Lösungsmittel?“
  • Lexology
  • GRUR-Prax 2019, 555 “Schutzrechtsverletzendes InVerkehr-Bringen durch Besitzverschaffung zur Lagerhaltung“
  • GRUR-Prax 2018, 15 “Verwechslungsgefahr zwischen BERG OUTDOOR und BERGHAUS“ Latest speaking engagements
  • UPC-Conference 2024 at Bucerius Law School: Panel Discussion: Damages & Costs in the UPC system
  • Chambers Webinar 2023: The UPC and How Litigation Funding Can Support Your Patent Enforcement Strategy

Back to top

 

 

 

 

Michael is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).