Ulrike Alice Ulrich

Attorney-at-law
Partner since 2002
Detailed profile
Ulrike Alice Ulrich is an attorney and partner at COHAUSZ & FLORACK. She is an expert in all matters relating to intellectual property rights, in particular trademark law and other trademark rights, competition law and design law. She represents national and international clients before all local, regional and higher regional courts in Germany and advises and accompanies them comprehensively – for example in the enforcement of trademark rights, the defense of property rights, the assessment of the protectability of trademarks, in application proceedings worldwide, in questions of trademark strategy and implementation and in the management of large trademark portfolios.
After studying law at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg, Ulrike Alice Ulrich worked as an attorney for the Düsseldorf office of a local law, auditing and tax consultancy firm from 1996 to 1999. She has been a part of the team of COHAUSZ & FLORACK since 1999 and a partner since 2002. From 2000 to 2007, she was a lecturer in trademark law at the law faculty of the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.
In addition, she is one of the chairpersons of the sponsoring association CFKinder, which operates a day care center for the children of COHAUSZ & FLORACK employees.
Ulrike Alice Ulrich advises her clients in German, English and French.
Recommendations
- WTR 1000 2024
“Ulrike is a strong representative in the enforcement of trademark rights internationally. She gets renewals successfully in Asia, South America and beyond. Her service is absolutely reliable, effective and tailored to the clients’ needs. Ulrike and the firm do a terrific job.” - WTR 1000 2023
"Ulrich has the skill set to handle any IP matter (…)" - WTR 1000 2022
- 2022 Best Lawyers (in Kooperation mit dem Handelsblatt)
- WTR 1000 2021
- 2021 Best Lawyers (in Kooperation mit dem Handelsblatt)
- 2020 Best Lawyers (in Kooperation mit dem Handelsblatt)
Career
2002 - 2007
Lecturer on trademark law in the faculty of law at Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf
since 1999
Attorney-at-law with COHAUSZ & FLORACK
1996 - 1999
Attorney-at-law in a supraregional lawfirm in the intellectual property rights field, especially trademark law
1995
Legal internship incl. a stay in Paris in the intellectual property rights field, graduated 2nd state examination
1992
Studied law at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg, graduated 1st state examination
Memberships
Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf, INTA, ECTA, GRUR, PTMG
Expertises
- Trademark Law
- Unfair competition and advertising law
- Design law
- Infringement proceedings
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- Anti-counterfeiting
- Border seizure
- Validity Opinions
- Trademark research
- Employee inventor law
- Competition law
- Copyright law IT law
- Contracts and licences
- IP Strategy