About Simon Apel

Simon Apel is a counsel at SZA, specialising in copyright law, unfair competition law, law of trade secrets, trade mark law, information technology law and litigation. He is a member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) e.V. (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) and sits on its Data and Law Committee. He has authored or co-authored over 90 publications, particularly in the field of copyright law, unfair competition law, trade mark law and trade secrets law; he is co-editor and co-author of a commentary on the German Trade Secret Act.