Dr. Patrick Baronikians is a specialist lawyer for intellectual property law and works nationally and internationally in all areas of trademark law (trademarks, business names, work titles, domains). He has been involved in legal developments in trademark law, in particular through several proceedings before the ECJ. His expertise also includes advising and representing clients in and out of court in matters of competition, copyright and patent law.

After studying at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, he worked for two years as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and obtained his doctorate under Prof. Schricker. He was admitted to the bar in 1997 and has since worked exclusively in the IP field. After working in various well-known law firms, most recently as a partner in a patent and law firm for 16 years, Dr. Baronikians has been a partner at AMPERSAND since 2021. He is a member of GRUR and INTA.

The protection of the work title, monograph, Carl Heymanns Verlag, 2nd edition, 2015

Dispatch of copies by libraries - legal assessment and proposals for regulation" in ZUM 1999, 126 ff

Summary proceedings and statute of limitations in WRP 2001, 121 ff.

"Combinations of letters as company identifiers - Comments on and in connection with BGH "DB Immobilienfonds" in GRUR 2001, 795 ff.

Lunar eclipse in Elfenland - Against the criminalization of trademark law in K&R 2009, 376 ff.

Omen and Amen? Fundamental decision of the BGH on the owner of the work title and on the transferability of work titles in MarkenR 2019, 233 et seq.

LEADERS LEAGUE (2024) recommends Dr. Patrick Baronikians in the areas of trademark registration and trademark litigation.

IP Stars (Managing IP) recommends Dr. Patrick Baronikians as a Notable Practitioner in 2024.

LEADERS LEAGUE (2023) recommends Dr. Patrick Baronikians in the areas of trademark registration and trademark litigation.

IP Stars (Managing IP) recommends Dr. Patrick Baronikians as a Notable Practitioner in 2023.

Who's Who Legal recognizes Dr. Patrick Baronikians as one of the world's leading lawyers in the field of IP, copyright in the IP Report 2022.