Dr. Moritz Sutterer LL.M.

Associate

Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern

Munich

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Biography

Dr. Moritz Sutterer is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Munich office and a member of the IP Litigation Practice Group. He advises clients from all industries on all aspects of IP law, with a particular focus on patents and copyright. His practice includes international licensing agreements, IP and technology related contracts in transactions, portfolio transfer agreements, R&D driven joint ventures, as well as patent litigation.

Moritz graduated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) in 2012 and worked as a trainee in international law firms in Munich and Brussels. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he spent six years as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, where he was involved in numerous projects in the fields of intellectual property, private international law and competition law. Moritz worked as the legal manager of an international academic journal in IP and competition law (IIC). He has published various academic articles and position papers on current legal developments and wrote his doctoral thesis on "The conflict of laws in collective rights management". Moritz is also a qualified business mediator (Munich Centre for Dispute Resolution). Moritz joined Baker McKenzie in 2022.

Practice Focus

Moritz advises clients on all aspects of patent law and other intellectual property rights, including copyright in technology-driven markets. His practice involves both representing clients in court and advising on contractual aspects or portfolio transfers. Moritz has extensive experience in drafting, negotiating and implementing complex commercial agreements, including licensing agreements, research and development agreements, service agreements and collaboration/joint venture agreements.

Moritz assists clients in a wide range of industries, including life sciences, automotive, software/IT and content/media.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Munich Bar Association - Member
GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
ALAI (Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Alumni Association (chairman of the board)

Admissions

Germany (2022)

Education

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LL.M. Mag. in International and European Business Law) (2014)
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (First State Exam) (2012)

Languages

English
French
German

Publications

Author, "Das Kollisionsrecht der kollektiven Rechtewahrnehmung" (Dissertation), Nomos, 2024, 555 pages.
Author, "Die patentrechtliche Erschöpfung bei eingebauten, aber deaktivierten Produktbestandteilen", in Innovation Kreation Märkte - Innovation Creation Markets: Festschrift Reto M. Hilty, edited by Florent Thouvenin et al., Springer 2024.
Author, "Territorialität, Binnenmarkt, Nichtdiskriminierung und Praktikabilität – eine Analyse des europäischen Modells erweiterter kollektiver Lizenzen", ZUM 2022, 422 - 430.
Author, "Paris Embraces Modern Art – But Not in Court: Opinion on Cour d’Appel de Paris Decision – Jeff Koons v Franck Davidovici", GRUR International, 2022, vol 71, 2, pp. 131 - 138.
Author, "Same Same But Different – über die urheberrechtliche Behandlung von Appropriation Art: Cour d’appel de Paris – Jeff Koons v Franck Davidovici (Fait d’hiver)", Kunst und Recht, vol 23, 3/4 (2021), pp. 95 - 102.
Author: "Fragmentierung trotz Kollektivierung: Wie eine konsequente Anwendung der deutschen Urheberrechtsdogmatik und des Kartellrechts die Rechteklärung über Verwertungsgesellschaften erleichtern kann", Zeitschrift für geistiges Eigentum (ZGE), 2021, 281 - 311.

Author, "Report on the Kyoto Guidelines of the ILA Committee on Intellectual Property and Private International Law", GRUR International, vol 70, 10 (2021), pp. 969 - 971.
Author, "Review of: Asensio De Miguel, Pedro: Conflict of Laws and the Internet Edward Elgar 2020", GRUR International - Journal of European and International IP Law 2021, vol 70, 7 (2021), pp. 725-727.
Author, "Erweiterte kollektive Lizenzen im Kontext grenzüberschreitender Werknutzungen: Ein Versuch zur Bestimmung der territorialen Bezugspunkte der Tatbestandsvoraussetzungen innerhalb der europäischen Regelungen zur ECL und zu den vergriffenen Werken", GRUR 2021, 662 - 671.
Co-author (with Reto M. Hilty et al.), "Gesetz über die urheberrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit von Diensteanbietern für das Teilen von Online-Inhalten (Urheberrechts-Diensteanbieter-Gesetz – UrhDaG) - Stellungnahme zum Referentenentwurf vom 2. September 2020, 2020, 20 pp. (MPI Position Statement).
Co-author (with Heiko Richter) "The Intellectual Property Chapter of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine", GRUR Int 68, 1 (2019), pp. 28 - 32.
Author, "Der Verordnungsvorschlag COM(2016) 594 final – das Ursprungslandprinzip und seine Auswirkungen auf Rechtevergabe und Rechtsdurchsetzung", in: Hennemann/Sattler (eds), Immaterialgüter und Digitalisierung: Junge Wissenschaft zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Urheber- und Medienrecht, Nomos, Baden-Baden 2017, 154 - 162.
Co-author (with Reto M. Hilty), "Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Proposed Modernisation of the European Copyright Rules", Part H, Content Circulation in Europe, 2017, 31 pp.
Author, "Prozessuale Bedeutung des europäischen Sendelandprinzips – Anmerkung zu OLG Wien", Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht (ZUM) - Rechtsprechungsdienst 21, 5 (2017), 304 - 308.

Presentations

Speaker, "Erweiterte Kollektive Lizenzen im Urheberrecht", IUM Symposium in collaboration with the Institute for European Media Law (EMR), Munich, February 2022
Co-organiser, "Competition and Intellectual Property Law in Ukraine", Organised by MPI, Kyiv, Ukraine; October 2021
Speaker, "Lobby Zone EU - Case study in the legislative process and the copyright reform", Organised by CISEP (Civic School for Sound EU Practice), Kyiv, Ukraine; June 2019
Speaker, "Collective Rights Management and Applicable Law, Private International Law and Intellectual Property: Jurisdiction, Choice of Laws, and Recognition & Enforcement of Judgments/Arbitral Awards", University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; August 2018
Speaker, "The Role of Collecting Societies in the Copyright System", LawTech IT seminars, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Italy; May 2018
Speaker, "Der Verordnungsvorschlag COM(2016)594 - das Ursprungslandprinzip und seine Auswirkungen auf Rechtevergabe und Rechtsdurchsetzung, Tagung Junge Wissenschaft - Kolloquium zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Urheber- und Medienrecht, Immaterialgüter und Digitalisierung", University of Freiburg; June 2017
Speaker/Lecturer, "Collective Rights Management in Europe, Part of the lecture 'Dritto d'autore e arte'", Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Italy; May 2017
Speaker, "Das Kollisionsrecht der kollektiven Rechtewahrnehmung", Institute Seminar, Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition; May 2017

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