Lawyer Thomas Kolb works in the Mannheim and Mainz offices and specializes in the areas of Intellectual property;(Trademark law, competition law, antitrust law), Copyright and Media Law as well Data protection law. He advises clients in both German and English.
As a specialist in data protection law, lawyer Kolb also works as an external data protection officer for a large number of medium-sized companies.
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About the person:
- 2001 – 2007 Study of Law in Heidelberg and London
- 2007 Acquisition of the 1st State Examination in Law
- 2009 Acquisition of the 2nd State Examination in Law
- 2009 – 2012 Associate, specializing in information law, at the law firm Berberich, Friedrich, Schmucker & Partner
- 2010 CeBIT Lecture – Legal Requirements for Management Board Members and Managing Directors in IT Security
- 2010 Acquisition of qualification and commencement of activity as an external data protection officer
- 2010 worked as an external data protection officer for medium-sized companies
- Founding of the data protection company Kolb & Partner
- 2010 – 2011 Master's degree in Information Law in Düsseldorf
- 2012 Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Information Law (Master's thesis – The Data Protection Officer)
- 2012 joined Kolb, Blickhan & Partner
- 2014 Partner of the firm Kolb, Blickhan & Partner
- 2016 Acquisition of the Specialist Lawyer title for Copyright and Media Law
- 2018 Certification as Data Protection Officer (TÜV)
- 2018: Kolb & Partner was reorganized as kolbcom GmbH
- 2021 Acquisition of CIPP / E (Certified Information Privacy Professional / Europe)
- 2021 Kolbcom Membership in GDD
Publications:
- Dangers of CybercrimeTagesspiegel, 01/27/2023
- Negotiating ransom demands with hackers: Mannheimer Morgen, 08/10/2022
- Headline Topic Cybercrime: IHK Magazine, July 2022
- Cyberattacks disrupt public transportDarmstädter Echo, 06/15/2022
- After hacker attack: Criminals demand ransom: General Newspaper, 06/15/2022
- Statement on the cyberattacks on SRH University: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 10/06/2020
- Why you should never let someone copy your ID Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAZ), June 29, 2026
