COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE PATENT PROTECTION

FROM THE IDEA TO THE PATENT

Do you want to launch a new product on the market or protect your brand, logo or design?

We draft patent specifications for you, submit them for registration and look after granted property rights during their term.

We are your point of contact from the first step of a development right through to the granted patent. We will be happy to advise you in detail on the advantages of the individual property rights. We look forward to hearing from you by contact form, e-mail or telephone.

OPTIMAL COMPLEMENT - LEGAL AND INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE

As our client, you benefit from our dual qualifications. We are not only proven lawyers, but also competent in many specialist areas. This special know-how is based on a degree in natural sciences, supplemented by decades of professional experience in Germany and abroad, both as a freelance patent attorney and as a former in-house patent attorney for a global corporation (Heraeus).

Our areas of specialization include the drafting of patent specifications in the fields of mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering, medical technology, automotive, optics, electroacoustics, pharmaceuticals, chemistry and biotechnology.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - SECURITY ON THE MARKET

Depending on the industry, invention or product, different property rights are in the foreground. They differ in terms of their scope, requirements and period of validity.

Patent protection plays a key role. It is the basis for further entrepreneurial steps, such as entering into cooperations, securing development costs or successfully and securely establishing marketing strategies.

At the same time, a granted patent makes it more difficult for competitors to obstruct your market success with directly competing products.

Another method of legal protection is the utility model. The application process at the patent office is completed more quickly and protection is therefore achieved earlier. As with a patent, a utility model enables its owner to use or manufacture their own invention. Competitors can be prohibited from doing so.

Special protection is granted for design protection. Here, the external appearance of products is legally protected. Design protection now replaces the former design patent. This prevents competitors from placing identical or confusingly similar objects or parts thereof on the market. We support you in structuring the application so that your product is fully protected.

With the trademark, we protect important distinguishing features of your goods or services for you. These include words and numbers, images as such, colors or even sounds and multimedia symbols. Together with you, we design the application in such a way that comprehensive protection is achieved. Once trademark protection has been granted, you alone decide who else may use it apart from you.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - GAINING AND MAINTAINING AN INDUSTRY ADVANTAGE

You define your business objectives and we support you by recommending and drafting the appropriate intellectual property rights. We also check the requirements that you need to know as a licensee from a patent law perspective. Thanks to our understanding of the natural sciences, we are able to work with you, your employees or licensing managers to evaluate and advance intellectual property rights or concepts for use.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

It is the details that count in this industry, whether it is to protect innovations from imitators in automotive engineering or to maintain the uniqueness of important steps for your own company or the offering of licenses in process engineering. Our advice and the steps we take on this basis are specifically tailored to your company. We develop suitable concepts for start-ups and SMEs as well as for large corporations.

We welcome inquiries and orders from all sectors, be it plant engineering, plastics technology or mechatronics. With our specialist knowledge, we are already available to you during the development phase. This ensures that your investment in a new product can flow in a targeted manner right from the start.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING - SECURING INNOVATIONS

Developments in the fields of electrical engineering, communication technology and software are still coming thick and fast. Here it is particularly important for you to obtain fast and comprehensive protection in order to remain competitive. We will check for you whether your invention or idea is truly unique or whether similar and priority IP rights already exist.

Our work also includes drawing your attention to national and international property rights. We are happy to carry out trademark searches for you. If you have put yourself in danger of infringing the rights of others with a development that has already been launched on the market, we are also your point of contact. We can check for infringements of property rights or defend you against claims made by others.

OPTICS AND ACOUSTICS - WITH EXPERTISE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Sensitive areas such as optics, acoustics and sensor technology mean that improvements are constantly being made. This is particularly noticeable in optoelectronics, lighting technology and acoustic systems. IP rights are essential to ensure that your invention and your development work bear the desired fruit. They ensure that you remain competitive with your product for a certain period of time - or permanently.

On request, we can guide you through the development process from a patent law perspective. We research existing property rights that could jeopardize your desired monopoly position. We are happy to take the time to provide you with detailed advice, either to provide you with general information about your legal options or to support you in a specific case.

FIXING PROGRESS - SECURING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICALS AND CHEMICALS

Safety has absolute priority in medical technology, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. However, this should not only apply to development and day-to-day work, but also to property rights. Only they turn innovations, sophisticated systems or materials into an economic advantage. Tell us your goals and the market you want to open up in the future and we will work out the right IP applications for you.

Timely action in matters of industrial property rights brings economic advantages. Give us a call if you have general questions about the individual forms of application, would like to find out more about a specific project or need to secure or defend a specific property right.