Dr. Alexander R. Klett

Partner

Alex Klett represents clients in a variety of intellectual property law matters, regularly advising on prosecution, portfolio management, licensing, and infringement matters, particularly in the areas of trademark, designs, copyrights, and unfair competition. Alex also advises on intellectual property law issues related to corporate transactions and represents clients in high-profile disputes before the German and European Union authorities and courts. He is fluent in German, English, French, and Italian.

Alex focuses on representing online retail companies, internet platforms, and entertainment and media companies in trademark clearance and litigation as well as in copyright disputes. He has acted for clients in a significant number of cutting-edge trademark and copyright matters before German Courts of Appeal and up to the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof).

He has represented and continues to represent several high-tech companies and an industry association in litigation with German collecting societies on copyright levies for reproduction devices. He also represents retail and distribution clients in countries around the world doing business in Germany and the EU in trademark, design, and unfair competition matters.

Alex publishes and speaks regularly at seminars and conferences on copyright and trademark law.

Represented US entertainment companies with respect to Germany-related copyright and trademark licensing and conflicts
Represented major international high-tech companies in litigation with German collecting societies on copyright levies for reproduction devices
Advised publishing and media companies in copyright licensing and infringement matters
Represented German and foreign clients from various industries in trademark and design clearance, prosecution, licensing, and portfolio strategy and management issues both domestically and internationally, including in office proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office and Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
Represented German and foreign clients in trademark and design-related conflicts and infringement matters before the German courts, the European Court of Justice, and the European General Court
Represented clients in copyright and unfair competition disputes in Germany
Represented a major US retail chain on its IP strategy and enforcement in Europe
Represented a major European online clothing retailer in trademark, design, and unfair competition litigation in Germany
Represented a major international online retailer in trademark and unfair competition litigation in Germany

Stuttgart, Germany, 1999, Second State Exam
University of Tübingen, 1998, Ph.D., law, summa cum laude
University of Iowa College of Law, LL.M., 1997
University of Tübingen, 1996, First State Exam
University of Tübingen, 1993, law
University of Lausanne, 1992, law
University of Passau, 1990, law

Germany
European General Court
European Court of Justice

Leading Trademark Practitioner, Germany, WTR 1000, World Trademark Review (2024, 2025)

Selected, Intellectual Property Law, The Best Lawyers in Germany/Handelsblatt (2016–2024)

Selected, Media Law, The Best Lawyers in Germany/Handelsblatt (2021–2024)

Recommended, Media: Contractual and copyright law; Trademark and competition law, JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms

Member, Munich Bar Association

Member, Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI)

Member, German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)

Member, International Trademark Association (INTA), 2024/2025 Chair of the INTA AI and Emerging Issues Subcommittee of the INTA Copyright Committee