Thomas Rickert
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| Country: | Germany |
| Email: | rickert[at]anwaelte.de |
Thomas Rickert has been a lawyer with Schollmeyer & Rickert since 1998; in 2002 he moved from managing director to managing partner, and the firm was renamed to include his surname.[1] He is also currently acting as the Chair of the Names and Numbers division at the Association of the German Internet, ECO. He has been a member and participant within ECO since 1999, and has held a number of positions there.[2]
Specialization
Mr. Rickert specializes in trademark, domain, copyright, and media protection law. Thomas was chairman of INHOPE Association's Executive Board from 2003-2005, which unites various organizations fighting against illegal Internet content.[3]
He is also project manager of the anti-spam group SpotSpam, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Certified Senders Alliance, which also overlaps with his work at eco. Thomas is a director of the ICRA working group at Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia, and a lecturer with the Bonn Rhein-Sieg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and arbitrator at the Bonn Rhein-Sieg Chamber of Commerce IT Arbitration Tribunal.[4]