Jörg SOSNA
Attorney, Germany

Email: jsosna@ellacheong.com

Jörg Sosna graduated from the University of Heidelberg (Germany) with a German law degree in 2000. He completed a Master’s degree course on European Law at Leipzig University (Germany) in 2004. The following year he successfully passed the Second State Exam following a 2-year training program for lawyers run by the German Government which resulted in his being a fully-qualified German lawyer.

From 2000 to 2001 Jörg joined the intellectual property department of a multinational clothing manufacturer in Munich. His tasks centred on German and European trade mark law, so he was particularly involved in drafting license agreements and in proceedings with the German Patent and Trademark Office. Furthermore, he assisted in the management of the company’s intellectual property assets.

In the latter part of 2001, Jörg joined the Italian law firm of Studio Legale Sutti based in Milan where he developed knowledge and expertise in Italian law, in particular in trademark law and unfair competition law. In addition, he assisted the partner and head of the IP department in preparing speeches on IP Due Diligence at IRI Institute in Milan in 2001, as well as lectures on this topic at the preparation course for the exam for Italian Trade Mark agents at Convey Institute in Milan in 2005.

During his Master of Law course, Jörg was a visiting scholar at the University of Padua (Italy) where he focused his studies on the conflict of laws, rounding up his ever growing interest in international aspects of law, leading to his Master thesis on European design law.

Jörg is a member of GRUR - Deutsche Vereinigung fur gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e. V. (German Association of IP Professionals), and of the German Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.  He has worked in Germany, Italy and Hong Kong and his working languages are German, English, Italian and Spanish.

Qualifications

Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen (LLB), University of Heidelberg (Germany)
Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen (Bar exam), Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany)
Master of Law (LL.M. Eur.), University of Leipzig (Germany)

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