{"id":19848,"date":"2022-06-02T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/team\/volker-schmitz-fohrmann\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T09:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:21:47","slug":"volker-schmitz-fohrmann","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/team\/volker-schmitz-fohrmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann, MJur (Oxford)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13jqtd7-7a82e6bde0bf3261f4f70bbcfd86939a\">\n.avia-section.av-13jqtd7-7a82e6bde0bf3261f4f70bbcfd86939a{\nbackground-repeat:repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/pattern-bg-2.svg);\nbackground-position:0% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-13jqtd7-7a82e6bde0bf3261f4f70bbcfd86939a main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  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el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann, MJur (Oxford)<\/h1><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Attorney at Law (Germany)<\/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-q0e0pn-7dcc2d61c3b517db69f15107e111c0ed\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-q0e0pn-7dcc2d61c3b517db69f15107e111c0ed{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:28px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-q0e0pn-7dcc2d61c3b517db69f15107e111c0ed .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-q0e0pn-7dcc2d61c3b517db69f15107e111c0ed .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-q0e0pn-7dcc2d61c3b517db69f15107e111c0ed .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and 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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\/Schmitz-Fohrmann-Volker-Portait.jpg);\"  title=\"Schmitz-Fohrmann-Volker-Portait\" ><\/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-foo163-b2397a594af1fa52cb743c0b51df997b\">\n.flex_column.av-foo163-b2397a594af1fa52cb743c0b51df997b{\nwidth:56.8%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-foo163-b2397a594af1fa52cb743c0b51df997b .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-foo163-b2397a594af1fa52cb743c0b51df997b av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-dvlzwb-8d1e544b06e0051cb7c3d7c13a4e8fbe'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann studied law at the University of Munich, at the European Institute of the University of Geneva, and at St. John\u2019s College, Oxford. He worked as a research associate at the Humboldt University of Berlin. As a scholarship holder, he obtained his doctorate working on the effects of the free movement of goods on national unfair competition law.<\/p>\n<p>Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann regularly gives presentations about German trade mark law in Germany and abroad. He is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Munich. He is co-author of the Manual of Intellectual Property of the Internet, Fromm\/Nordemann: Commentary on German Copyright Act, as well as G\u00f6tting\/Nordemann: Commentary on German Act against Unfair Competition.<\/p>\n<p>The JUVE Manual 2019\/2020 recommends him in the category \u201cTrade Mark &amp; Competition Law.\u201d Legal 500 Germany 2015\/2016 counts him among recommended lawyers in Trade Mark Law who often represents his clients before the courts.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2018 edition of WTR 1000 he is praised for his \u201cTremendous theoretical knowledge,\u201d and in the Who\u2019s Who Legal Trademarks 2018, he is named as \u201cone of the best\u201d trade mark lawyers in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann is member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the Association des Praticiens du droit des marques et des mod\u00e8les (APRAM), and the International Trademark Association (INTA) for which he has served on various committees.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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