Profile
Timmy Pielmeier is a member of the IP team in our Zurich office. He represents and advises clients in all aspects of intellectual property law with a focus on, copyright, design and trademark law as well as unfair competition law.
Prior to joining MLL Legal, Timmy worked as a research assistant at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at the TUM School of Management (Digital Goods, Commerce and Competition). During his time as a doctoral scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, he wrote his dissertation on copyright and unfair competition law. His professional experience also includes an legal clerkship at the Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany) with a stay in Brussels (Council) and an internship at the German Bundestag with a stay in Strasbourg (Council of Europe).
Rankings & Awards
- Dissertation Prize of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR)
- Faculty Award of the Faculty of Law of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Research funding from ius vivum and GRUR
Education & Admission
- Registered in the list of attorneys of the Canton of Zurich under Art. 28 GBFA
- Admitted to the Munich Bar Association
- Doctorate (Dr. iur.) at the Chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law of the LMU Munich under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ansgar Ohly, LL.M. Cambridge
- First and second state examination in law in Munich
Memberships and public offices
- Swiss Association for Intellectual Property Law (INGRES)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Munich Bar Association, Germany
- Alumni Association of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Languages
- German
- English
Publications
Dissertation Prize of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR)
