Dr Christian Triebe heads the TMC/IP practice group and works extensively in the field of copyright, competition law and intellectual property law. He specialises in digitalisation issues. In this context, Dr Triebe acts in an advisory and expert capacity as well as in contentious proceedings, such as on the scope of protection of software, algorithms and data as well as related licensing issues, use in connection with AI, text and data mining, reverse engineering as well as IT security and know-how protection with reference to copyright and trade secret protection.
Research associate and lawyer at international law firms
Studied in Marburg, Salzburg, Munich and Münster; internship at Supreme Court of Berlin, Unterfoehring and Bucharest
Lecturer at the Cyber Law Clinic (University of Hamburg) for Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright and Media Law
Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V. (GRUR) [German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright]; Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geistiges Eigentum & Medien im DAV (AGEM) [German Bar Association Committee for Intellectual Property and Media]
German, English
Often recommended lawyer in trademark and competition law
"Argues very well", Competitor
Recommended lawyer in Competition Law; "Christian Triebe is a specialist in copyright and media law"
Listed in "Lawyer of the Year in Germany" for Intellectual Property Law (since 2014), Media Law (since 2016), Advertising Law and Litigation (since 2026), IT Law (2027)
Highly recommended lawyer for Trademark Litigation, Media, Sports & Entertainment
Europe Impact Case of the Year
