Dr. Patric Mau

Intellectual Property Law

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Dr. Patric Mau

Experience

Patric Mau advises and represents German and international companies on matters of intellectual property law. In particular, his work includes the enforcement and defence of infringement claims in the field of trademark, copyright and competition law.

A focus of his work is defence against anti-competitive conduct. Patric Mau also has experience in planning and implementing advertising and marketing measures, especially in social media. Here, he strategically advises and represents entrepreneurs and companies on the development of their marks and assists them in all further steps, ranging from the mark’s application and administration to its defence.

Furthermore, in the field of media law, Patric Mau advises on the defence and enforcement of private law claims regarding the infringement of personal rights.

Education

Patric Mau has been a lawyer at Oppenhoff since 2022. He attended the residential sports school of the Rheinland-Pfalz sports federation. Patric Mau studied law at the University of Bonn. He subsequently graduated at the University of Cologne at the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law on a sports-related topic. Parallel to this, Patric Mau worked as a research assistant at the Institute and at the law firm of Gleiss Lutz in Düsseldorf in the field of company law. During his legal internship at the Regional Court of Bonn, he also worked in the intellectual property law department at Oppenhoff and in the corporate law department of an international commercial law firm in Dubai.

 

Dr. Patric Mau

Senior AssociateRechtsanwalt

Languages
German, English

Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 23
50668 Cologne
T +49 (0) 221 2091 439

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Books and Legal Commentaries

Teure Folgen: Juristischer Streit um VPNs und territoriale Lizenzen [Costly consequences: legal dispute over VPNs and territorial licences]
Winfuture, dated January 18, 2026

Streaming: EuGH entscheidet über Ländersperren [Streaming: ECJ rules on country blocking]
Golem, dated January 17, 2026

Anne-Frank-Tagebuch: EuGH-Generalanwalt stärkt Geoblocking trotz VPN-Umgehung [Anne Frank Diary: ECJ Advocate General strengthens geo-blocking despite VPN circumvention]
Heise online, v. 15.01.2026

VPN vs. Geoblocking: Kommt das grenzenlose Streaming für alle? [VPN vs. geoblocking: Is borderless streaming coming for everyone?]
Wirtschaftswoche, dated January 15, 2026

Strafrechtliche Verantwortung des Sportdopings de lege lata: Auslegungs- und Anwendungsprobleme des strafrechtlichen Dopingverbots unter Berücksichtigung erster praktischer Erfahrungen [Criminal liability of sports doping de lege lata: problems of interpreting and applying the doping ban under criminal law, taking initial practical experience into account]
Dissertation, Cologne 2020

Articles and Essays

Umsatzwachstum durch nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Werbeaussagen – Rechtliche Fallstricke bei der Werbung mit klimabezogenen Aussagen [Growth in sales through sustainability-related advertising claims – legal pitfalls of advertising with climate-related claims]
ESGZ (Vol. 10) 2024, pp. 4-9 (in collaboration with Dr. Elisabeth Fischer)

Urheberrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Cheat-Software bei Videospielen [Permissibility of cheat software in video games under copyright law]
SpoPrax 2023 dated 01 August 2023, p. 241