Michael Turi

Michael Turi, a trademark attorney with Samson & Partner Patentanwälte in Munich, has been named Trademark Expert of the Year in Germany at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. The recognition reflects a career spanning more than three decades in intellectual property, and a depth of experience in trademark law that places him among the most seasoned brand-protection practitioners in Germany.

Mr Turi has been a German Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney for more than thirty years, and has also acted as a European Trademark Attorney since the establishment of the Community trademark system. His engagement with trademark law reaches back further still, having specialised extensively in the field since the early 1980s. That long horizon gives him a rare perspective on the development of the European trademark regime, from its origins through to the mature system in use today, and an instinct for how registration and enforcement strategies play out over time.

His expertise covers the full arc of brand protection. Mr Turi advises on the procurement of trademarks, patents and copyrights, and on the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including licensing, mediation, arbitration and litigation. This combination allows him to guide clients from the initial securing of rights through to their commercial exploitation and, where necessary, their defence against infringement. For brand owners, such continuity of counsel across the life cycle of a mark is a considerable asset, ensuring that filing decisions are made with enforcement and licensing consequences firmly in view.

Mr Turi practises within Samson & Partner, a Munich firm focused on German and European patent, trademark and design law. The firm is located close to the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office, at the heart of the European intellectual property system, and brings together attorneys with backgrounds in the sciences and engineering alongside its legal specialists. This environment supports Mr Turi's trademark work with the broader technical and procedural strengths of a highly regarded IP practice, one consistently recommended in the leading independent directories.

With qualifications as a trademark attorney at both German and European level and a specialism stretching back four decades, Michael Turi exemplifies the experienced, strategically minded adviser that demanding brand owners seek out. The Corporate INTL Global Awards recognise advisers who demonstrate genuine command of their field within a jurisdiction, and in naming Michael Turi Trademark Expert of the Year in Germany for 2024, the awards acknowledge both the longevity of his practice and the breadth of his expertise in securing and enforcing trademark rights on behalf of his clients.