Competence

What we do for you - with enthusiasm

Our services include drafting and prosecution of intellectual property applications as well as litigation of intellectual property violations.

In Detail:

Filing, Prosecution and Administration of

• German, European and foreign national patents as well as German and foreign utility models

• German, international, foreign national, and community trademarks

• German, foreign national, and international design registrations

Oppositions

• against German and European patents

• against German, international and community trademarks

Nullity and Cancellation Procedures

• against German patents, German parts of European patents and utility models

• against German, international and community trademarks

Counselling and Representing in

• copyright enforcement matters as well as domain name disputes

Litigation

• infringement actions including requests for preliminary injunctions

• representing clients before German civil courts in intellectual property matters (patents, utility models, trademarks, designs), unfair competition and related cases

Cross Border Injunctions

• border and exhibition seizures by customs and police

• criminal law actions in cases of violations of patents, utility models, design models, trademarks, copyright and misappropriation of know-how

Opinions

• Freedom-to-operate

• regarding validity and/or infringement of intellectual property rights

Licensing

• conducting of licensing negotiations as well as preparing of license and franchise agreements

Due Diligence and Auditing

• performing of due diligence examinations regarding intellectual property in merger and acquisition matters

• auditing of intellectual property assets of companies

Intellectual Property Compliance

• Counselling of companies for establishing internal administration in conformity with national laws and case laws

Searches

• Performing patent, trademarks and design searches