PATENT AND TRADEMARK PROTECTION

PATENTS AND UTILITY MODELS

Our law firm knows the advantages and disadvantages of patents and utility models. We know which legal protection is the right one for your invention. Our team will be happy to provide you with comprehensive advice and detailed information on the scope of protection, applications, grants and renewals of intellectual property rights.

TRADEMARK SEARCH

Would you like to launch a trademark on the market but are not sure whether it already exists? Our patent attorneys will find out for you whether your trademark does not infringe the rights of third parties.

TRADEMARK PROTECTION

Don't let third parties steal your logos, brand names and other intellectual ideas! With registered protection, you can prove your authorship at any time and prevent the theft of your intellectual property. Our team of experts will help you protect your brand.

DESIGN PROTECTION

In the field of design protection, we can offer you many services such as drafting and filing design applications, carrying out registration procedures at the relevant offices, cancellation procedures and the evaluation of design searches. We are also happy to take on design evaluation and portfolio management for you. Furthermore, we carry out forensic work for you in design infringement proceedings and take care of collision monitoring of designs.

IP LAW FOR START-UPS

Do you have a business idea and want to found a start-up? Before others appropriate your idea, have your rights protected. Protect your intellectual property! We advise and represent your interests with regard to intellectual property matters and take care of the registration of intellectual property rights. If someone makes use of your intellectual property without your consent, we will represent you in the event of an infringement.

SUPPORT FOR PATENT DEPARTMENTS

Do you lack professional staff for your patent department? You can accomplish many tasks by cooperating with a patent attorney who has the necessary expertise. Our law firm will be happy to support you with trademark searches or in the area of property right applications.

TRADEMARKS, ESPECIALLY BRANDS

Our patent attorneys will help you to draft and file trademark applications worldwide. We take care of registration with the relevant offices, conduct opposition and cancellation proceedings as well as forensic work in trademark infringement proceedings. We are also happy to help you with the valuation of trademarks, the performance and evaluation of trademark searches, trademark portfolio management and trademark conflict monitoring.

IP STRATEGIES

We plan and implement IP strategies for you. In doing so, we take into account the business conditions and concepts and adapt them to the respective market situation. We advise you on the implementation of control instruments to find out whether your IP strategies are efficient. We are also happy to support you in the IP-related implementation of business concepts such as the attack on a competitive leader.

SOFTWARE PROTECTION

You have developed software and do not know whether it can be protected? We check the protectability of software-related inventions for you and take care of the preparation of application documents for software patents.

LICENSES

Would you like to grant licenses for your products? Our patent law firm prepares license agreements for you and also reviews them if you already have an existing agreement. We will be happy to accompany you to contract negotiations and conduct them for you. We also take care of the valuation of licensing property rights.

OPPOSITION AND NULLITY PROCEEDINGS

We carry out and evaluate searches in preparation for an attack on a patent. Our patent attorneys assess your chances of success and prepare and file nullity actions and oppositions for you. We will be happy to represent your case before the competent office or court.

INFRINGEMENTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Have you received a document in which you have been accused of infringing an industrial property right or has your industrial property right been infringed? We will assess whether there has been an infringement of property rights at all. We can advise you on alternative solutions that do not infringe your property rights and handle out-of-court correspondence for you. We are happy to represent or support you in IP infringement proceedings.

EMPLOYEE INVENTION

Are you an employee and have invented a product? Let us advise you on your rights, obligations and remuneration for a patentable or utility modelable invention. Our expert team of patent attorneys and interdisciplinary specialists will help you to obtain remuneration for your invention and to examine and file a patent or utility model.