About Simon Apel

Simon Apel is a principal associate 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 and sits on its Data and the 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.