{"id":19593,"date":"2022-06-02T15:35:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/team\/eckhard-ratjen\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:14:59","slug":"eckhard-ratjen","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/eckhard-ratjen\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Eckhard Ratjen, LL.M. 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(London)<\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Attorney at Law (Germany)<br \/>\nCertified IP Lawyer<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7binb-c036a5714e69b9b080a9244655f68065\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-7binb-c036a5714e69b9b080a9244655f68065{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:28px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-7binb-c036a5714e69b9b080a9244655f68065 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-7binb-c036a5714e69b9b080a9244655f68065 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-7binb-c036a5714e69b9b080a9244655f68065 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-7binb-c036a5714e69b9b080a9244655f68065 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class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p> Eckhard Ratjen works in the field of trade mark law and law of unfair competition as well as copyright. His practice concentrates, among other things, on the prosecution of trade mark applications, infringement proceedings, and preliminary injunctions. Eckhard Ratjen advises medium sized and large international and German clients in areas such as media and consumer products. 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BOEHMERT\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ratjen-Eckhard-Portrait-web.jpg);\"  title=\"Attorney at Law Dr. Eckhard Ratjen\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cyh0dj-7b2f11692bc26e510da39a6326d638de\">\n.flex_column.av-cyh0dj-7b2f11692bc26e510da39a6326d638de{\nwidth:46%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-cyh0dj-7b2f11692bc26e510da39a6326d638de .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cyh0dj-7b2f11692bc26e510da39a6326d638de av_one_half  avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-l4fbdicj-046f0a75babce10300406421e0dd3f0b'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Eckhard Ratjen studied law at the University of Kiel (Christian-Albrechts-Universit\u00e4t zu Kiel) with special emphasis on intellectual property. In his doctoral thesis, he was concerned with the audiovisual marketing of sporting events with particular regard to film copyright issues. Eckhard Ratjen studied the international law of trade marks and copyright at the renowned King&#8217;s College London from 2012 to 2013. There, he obtained a Specialist Master of Laws (LL.M.) in intellectual property law. Stages of his legal clerkship included working for an internationally operating sports marketing company in Frankfurt\/Main. He joined BOEHMERT &amp; BOEHMERT in 2013 and qualified as a Certified IP Lawyer in 2019. Eckhard Ratjen is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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