München
Dr. Konstantin Thress
Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Digital und Industry 4.0
Hospitality
Artificial Intelligence
T +49 (89) 290 50-229
F +49 (89) 290 50-290
E sserht.k@zirng@ibl.de
Office:
Jasmin Preis
j.preis@zirngibl.de
Partner
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English
PRACTICE AREA
Dr. Thress specialises in advising on trademark and competition law as well as distribution law.
He specialises in assisting and advising manufacturing companies and (online) retailers on the design of distribution models and online presences. Dr. Thress provides comprehensive advice on the establishment and enforcement of distribution systems, including those with an international dimension. Dr. Thress advises clients on the purchase and sale of capital goods, in particular machinery. He also specialises in distribution antitrust law, in particular in the area of e-commerce and other vertical agreements, as well as the protection of confidential information and the implementation of corresponding compliance structures in companies.
Dr. Thress regularly publishes articles in renowned legal journals. He also gives lectures on e-commerce and antitrust law and trains established companies as well as start-ups in this area.
He is also a member of the interdisciplinary working groups Digital and Industry 4.0 and Hospitality.
RECOMMENDATIONS
- Mr. Thress was listed as a frequently recommended lawyer in the JUVE Handbook 2025/2026.
CAREER
- Studied and obtained a doctoral degree at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
- Advanced practical legal training in the Munich Higher Regional Court District and in New York
- Licensed to practice law since 2012
- Attorney at a law firm in Munich that specializes in the conduct of litigation
- Since 2013: Attorney at Zirngibl Rechtsanwälte, partner since 2019
MEMBERSHIPS
- Marketing Club München e.V.
- Advice of a subsidiary of the public-service broadcasters on the enforcement of claims from the commercial exploitation of patents
- Advice of a developer of specialist properties in matters of trademark law
- Advice of a leading fashion manufacturer in matters of distribution law
- Advice of a leading furniture manufacturer in matters of distribution law
- Advice of a sensor manufacturer and distributor in matters of distribution law
- Thress, Public Access to Information in Pharmaceutical Patent Applications, Commentary on LG Munich I, Decision of March 1, 2026 – 21 O 10053/25, GRUR-RS 2026, 6785 – Rivaroxaban
- Thress, Claim for monetary compensation due to repeated photographic coverage, commentary on KG, Judgment of Aug. 14, 2025 – 10 U 73/24, GRUR-RS 2025, 21482 – Photo with baby
- Thress, Digitalisierung und mehr Bürgernähe im Gerichtswesen, BB 2024, 1
- Thress, Zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen im Unternehmen, in: Ruhmannseder/Lehner/Beukelmann, Compliance aktuell, 09/2023, Fach 1107
- Thress, Geheimnisschutz-Compliance im Unternehmen – Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit, BB 2023, 1027
- Thress, Digitalisierung und mehr Bürgernähe im Gerichtswesen, BB 2024, 1
- Thress/Wiedemann, Nachahmungsschutz bei Produktverpackungen, WRP 2023, 907
- Seit 2018 jährlich: Mitterer/Wiedemann/Thress, BB-Gesetzgebungs- und Rechtsprechungsreport zu Industrie 4.0 und Digitalisierung
- Thress, EuGH schafft Klarheit - Wenn ganze Läden zur Marke werden, 2014
- Thress, Werbung mit Selbstverständlichkeiten ist irreführend, 2013
- Thress, Die irreführende Produktvermarktung, 2011, Carl Heymanns
