Prof. Dr. Alexander von Mühlendahl studied at the University of Munich, Germany, Dr.iur. and the Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA, J.D., LL.M. (1970).
From 1966 to 1979 he was in academic research at the Munich Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property Law. From 1979 until 1994, he was an official in the German Federal Ministry of Justice. For 11 years (1994-2005) he was vice-president of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market in Alicante (now EUIPO), and since 2005 he has been a member of the Munich Bar and senior consultant for BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Partnerschaft mbB, in Munich, Germany.
He is a visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies. He is also Honorary Member of ECTA (European Communities Trademark Association), the Hungarian Trademark Association, and APRAM (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles).