Ms. Konstantina Christopoulou, an associate lawyer at MStR Law Firm, participated as a speaker in the Greek-German Seminar on Civil Procedure, held in Athens on 1, 2 and 3 October 2026, with the participation of the Universities of Athens, Freiburg, Göttingen, Heidelberg and Konstanz. The Seminar was hosted by the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Konstantina Christopoulou delivered a presentation entitled “Enforcement against Trademark Rights”, as part of the session dedicated to a comparative analysis of Greek and German civil procedural law.
The presentation focused on the enforcement seizure and precautionary attachment of trademark rights under Greek and German law, examining the legal treatment of trademarks as intangible property rights and the specific requirements and legal consequences of their attachment in both legal systems.
The economic value of a company’s trademark often constitutes one of its few significant assets, which may be utilised either for the company’s strategic development or to satisfy the claims of creditors, including employees. Consequently, enforcement against trademark rights raises a number of legal issues, which were examined and explained in the presentation.
Particular emphasis was placed on the principal similarities and differences between Greek and German law, including the seizure procedure, the legal effects of attachment on trademark rights, registration in the trademark register, and the prior court decision required under Greek law for the seizure of certain special property rights.
Participation in the Seminar provided another opportunity for academic exchange and dialogue between the Greek and German legal communities on matters concerning contemporary developments in national and European civil procedural law.