Danielle Hertneck

Partner

IT Law, IP Law, Privacy Law

Certified Expert for IT Law
Certified Expert for IP Law

Secretary:

Ulrike Staudinger

Expertise

Danielle Hertneck advises innovative companies on the distribution of their technologies and software products and is well versed in all contractual and procedural matters relating to IT projects, in particular software licence agreements, cloud-based agreements and all contractual frameworks in the field of digitalisation.

In the outsourcing context, Danielle advises on regulatory requirements, above all in the banking and insurance industries.

As an IP lawyer, Danielle concentrates on trademark and competition law. She handles international and national trademark portfolios, develops IP strategies and advises on the registration and assertion of IP rights in administrative and judicial proceedings. She represents clients in objection, cancellation and annulment proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Languages

German, English

Career

2020 Founding partner at Witzel Erb Backu & Partner

2014 Certified expert for IP law

2008 Certified expert for IT law

2004 Joined SSW law firm, partner 2007

2004 Admitted to the bar

Law degree in Munich

Memberships

German Bar Association and Munich Bar Association

IT Working Group (DAV-IT)

German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR)

Publications

Co-author of Auer-Reinsdorff/Conrad (ed.) Handbuch IT-und Datenschutzrecht

Co-author of Schneider (ed.), Handbuch EDV-Recht

Publications in specialist journals