Cologne
+49 221 20 52-436 +49 221 20 52-1 d.eickemeier@heuking.de
Languages
German,
English
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Industrial Property Law
- Unfair Competition Law
- Copyright and Publishing Law
- Information Technology (IT)
- Internet Law
- Open Source Projects
- Art Law
- Employee Invention Law
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property
- Design Patent Law
- Licensing Law
- Law of Trademarks and Related Marks
- Patent Law
- Press Law and Freedom of Speech
- Anti-Counterfeiting
- Litigation
- Plant Variety Protection Law
- Distribution Law
- Protection of Trade Secrets
Vita
- Co-Head of the IP, Media & Technology Practice Group
- Certified Specialist Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law
- Lecturer for certified specialist lawyers in Copyright- und Media Law at Cologne University of Technology
- Admitted to the bar since 1997
- Education and former activities
- Training course, certified specialist lawyer in Intellectual Property Law 2007
- Arbitrator of the Czech Arbitration Court, Prague (for eu.domains and according the UDRP)
- University of Hamburg and Köln1989-1994
Affiliations
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e. V. (GRUR)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e. V.
Dominik Eickemeier's Distinctions
JUVE Ranking Wirtschaftskanzleien 2025/2026
Legal 500 Deutschland 2025
IP Stars 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025
Best Lawyers 2026
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2024
Legal 500 Germany 2024
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023/2024
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Leaders League 2023
Legal 500 Germany 2023
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
Best Lawyers 2023
Legal 500 EMEA 2022
Legal 500 Germany 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
Legal 500 Germany 2021
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2020/2021
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Legal 500 EMEA 2020
Legal 500 Deutschland 2020
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2019/2020
Legal 500 EMEA 2019
Legal 500 Germany 2019
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2018/2019
Legal 500 EMEA 2018
Legal 500 Germany 2018
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2018
Legal 500 EMEA 2017
Legal 500 Germany 2017
JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2016/2017
Legal 500 EMEA 2016
Latest news
Publications
2025
GEMA vs. OpenAI: Landmark ruling on AI language models and copyright law
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 130
AI Act: New Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI Models by the EU Commission under discussion
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 124
Intellectual property in space – A review from a German perspective
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 117, May 8, 2025
The practical guide to general-purpose AI models – an overview of the content, guiding principles and regulatory structures of the first two drafts
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 114
2024
BGH urteilt zur Panoramafreiheit bei Drohnenaufnahmen
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 109
International regulation for AI systems by the Council of Europe
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 100
AI Act: Preliminary result of the trilogue negotiations leaked
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 90 & Update Data Protection No. 168,
together with
Dr. Hans Markus Wulf
Transparency and protection obligations for providers of online platforms under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 89
2023
Vorsicht bei Widerrufsbelehrungen bei digitalen Inhalten und Dienstleistungen
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 84 ,
together with
Svea Kunz
Der Schlüssel zur Macht
Harald Czycholl, In-house Counsel, Issue 3/2023
2022
New Deal for Consumers – was sich dieses Jahr im Verbraucherrecht ändert
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 62
Die Novelle der Preisangabenverordnung: Neue Informationspflichten bei der Werbung mit Preisermäßigungen
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 61
2021
BGH-Urteil: Zur Löschung von Beiträgen und Sperrung von Nutzerkonten durch Facebook bei Hassreden
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 49
Der goldene Farbton des „Lindt-Schokoladenhasen“ genießt Markenschutz
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 48
Zur Verantwortlichkeit von Video-Sharing-Plattformen für Rechtsverletzungen Dritter
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 46
Neues Schuldrecht für digitale Produkte – Viele Verträge müssen angepasst werden
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 43
Far-Reaching Reform of German Copyright Law based on European Requirements
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 35
Der neue Gesetzesentwurf zur Stärkung des Verbraucherschutzes im Wettbewerbs- und Gewerberecht
Update IP, Media & Technology, No. 32
2020
BGH erklärt Veröffentlichung der "Afghanistan-Papiere" für zulässig
Update IP, Media & Technology, Nr. 25
Rechtliche Risiken bei Nutzung internationaler Cloud-Anbieter
gridscale, 2020
Impact of the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic on proceedings before the trade mark and design offices
Update IP | Special newsletter coronavirus,
together with
Dr. Julia Mattes
Neue EU-Verordnung stärkt die Rechte gewerblicher Nutzer von Online-Vermittlungsdiensten
Update IP, Media & Technology, No. 23
2019
Gesetz gegen missbräuliche Abmahnungen
Newsletter Update IP, No. 15
Markeninhaber kann Verwendung seiner Marken für Rabattgutscheine nicht untersagen
Newsletter Update IP, No. 14
Neues zur Novellierung des Markengesetzes – Chancen für den E-Commerce
Kommunikation & Recht – 22nd vintage, April 2019
Einigung über Reform des digitalen Urheberrechts
Newsletter Update IP, No. 12
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 2/2019
2018
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 6/2018, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Ist das Kunst, oder kann das weg?
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 31, 2018
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 5/2018, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 4/2018, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Neue Entwicklungen im deutschen Markenrecht - Die anstehenden Änderungen nach dem Entwurf des Markenrechtsmodernisierungsgesetzes
Update IP No. 7, June 7, 2018
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 3/2018, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 2/2018, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 1/2018, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
2017
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 6/2017, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
OLG Hamm: Free distribution of software under GNU by the university
Computer und Recht: IT and Software, Edition 12/2017
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 5/2017, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 4/2017, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
IT procurement projects: particular problems - Part III (in German)
in: der ITRB - IT-Rechtsberater (Heft 7/2017), by Dr. Thomas Fischer, Patrick Bartels,
No rescue from the recall duty (in German)
IPRB – IP Rechtsberater, by Dominik Eickemeier and Peter Fries
IT procurement projects: particular problems - Part II (in German)
in: ITRB - IT-Rechtsberater (Edition 6/2017), by Dr. Thomas Fischer, Thorsten Schulz, Patrick Bartels
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 3/2017, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 2/2017, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Keine Rettung vor der Rückrufpflicht
IP-RB 2017, 132 pp.
IT procurement projects: particular problems - Part I (in German)
in: ITRB - IT-Rechtsberater (Edition 5/2017), by Dr.Thomas Fischer, Thorsten Schulz, Patrick Bartels
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 1/2017, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
2016
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 6/2016, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 5/2016, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 4/2016 together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Category “View to Brussels” (in German)
AfP, Edition 3/2016, together with Dr. Ruben A. Hofmann
Lectures
2016
Certified specialist lawyer training Interface Copyright – Information Technology (in German)
DAI-Lecture, April 26, 2016, DAI-Anwaltsinstitut, Berlin