Gerhard Bauer Trademarks, Designs, Domain Names & IP Agreements – GR/VIT Intellectual Property & Technology Management Daimler AG Group Research & Advanced Engineering Phone: + 49(0)7031 90 60820 Fax.: + 49(0)7031 90 60796 Email: gerhard.r.bauer@daimler.com

Mr. Gerhard Bauer is Head of the Trademark, Design-Patent, Domainname and IP-Agreement department of Daimler AG within the Intellectual Property Management Group. He is based in the Stuttgart headquarter.

Mr. Gerhard Bauer graduated in 1987 from Stuttgart University with a degree in Electrical Engineering, joined the Patent Department of the then Mercedes-Benz AG. In 1992 he passed his Patent Attorney exam and became head of the trademark department and central IP-functions. of Mercedes-Benz.

In 1996 Gerhard Bauer took over responsibility in the sector for the complete Daimler-Benz group and in 1998 as Chief Trademark Counsel for DaimlerChrysler AG (now Daimler AG).

Mr. Gerhard Bauer is Vice-President of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in New York. He is a frequent speaker worldwide for IP-matters and especially trademark matters for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and various other organisations; he gave many presentations especially in Latin American as well as Asian countries and China.

He is also Head of the Working Group on Trademarks and Designs of BusinessEurope, Brussels.

He has also been awarded one of the 50 most influential persons in the world in IP by the Managing Intellectual Property Magazine in 2005 and again in 2006.