Cornelia Schmitt
Admitted to the Bar, Certified IP lawyer
cschmitt@grunecker.de S/MIME
+49 (0) 89 21 23 50
Office: Munich
Languages: German, English, French
Expertise
Cornelia Schmitt advises on trademark and competition law. She supports clients in developing and protecting trademarks and their defense and enforcement before the DPMA, the EUIPO, the German courts and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. She also provides comprehensive advice on competition law issues.
A particular focus of her work is providing strategic advice to international companies on the development of efficient out-of-court conflict solutions. She has extensive experience in enforcing well-known and non-traditional trademarks and regularly represents clients in complex proceedings before courts and authorities. Cornelia also specializes in product piracy and counterfeiting.
Her clients include international corporations from various industries. Cornelia Schmitt is the contact person for some of the leading tech companies from Silicon Valley.
Cornelia Schmitt has been involved with INTA (International Trademark Association) since 2004, serving on committees, organizing conferences and developing training programs.
She is the mother of two children and a passionate skier.
Areas
- Trademark Law
- Trademark Infringement
- Competition Law
Key points
- Technology companies
- Outdoor/Sports
- Pharmaceuticals/medical products
- Media
- Financial institutions
- Food
Vita
- Study of law at the Universities of Trier, Thessaloniki (Greece) and Cologne, 1993-1998
- Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Düsseldorf, 1999-2001
- Authorized to practice law, 2002
- Attorney-at-Law with a law firm specializing in IP in Cologne, 2002-2003
- Attorney-at-Law with Grünecker, since 2003
- Specialist attorney for intellectual property law, 2012
- Associate Partner at Grünecker, since 2023
Lectures
Panel: „Is Fair Use Always Fair?”
Project team leader and speaker INTA Annual Meeting, 2015
Panel: “The EU Trademark Reform” and “Alternative IP Rights as a Means of Protecting Logos and Designs Globally”
Co-chair and speaker INTA TMAP Meeting, 2016
Panel: “How Innovation Is Changing the IP Industry”
Project team and speaker INTA Conference “Brands and Innovation”, 2018
“Enforcement and Anticounterfeiting”
Project team leader and speaker INTA Annual Meeting, 2021
“The Lifecycle of a Trademark”
Speaker at the INTA International Certificate Program, 2023
Meeting Chair
INTA Trademark Administrators and Practitioners (TMAP) Meeting, 2025
“Recent Developments in EU Trade Mark Law, with a Focus on Bad Faith Filings and Abuse of Rights in Revocation Proceedings”
INGRES Conference on the Practice of Intellectual Property Law in the EU and Switzerland, 2026