Technical inventions or innovative creations and their practical implementation need to be actively protected by means of a patent, a trade mark or a design, in order to safeguard their value and to retain this value over a longer term. We will look after this for you – from the first idea through to the officially registered property right.
tailored
IP rights
Different creative achievements require different forms of protective rights. Patents and utility models are the appropriate protective rights for technical inventions. It is precisely in this field that we focus most of our attention. And it is precisely in this field, too, that our firm offers a broad bandwidth of technical expertise covering many industrial sectors which is underpinned by many years of valuable experience.
Thanks to this wide range of expertise, our team will provide you with the appropriate partner to represent your interests in your technical field and industrial sector: someone with the requisite know-how and the necessary experience in your industry whether in Germany, Europe, the USA or in Asia. A partner who not only understands but really knows what is most crucial to you, in mechanical engineering, in automotive engineering, aerospace engineering, electronic engineering, in software and semiconductor technology, in civil engineering, in medical technology, in chemistry and pharmacology, or in the field of life sciences.
If you are (also) interested in trade marks, designs or special questions of competition law or copyright, in these fields, too, you will find the appropriate contact partner in our firm.
The protection provided by an IP right must be tailored exactly to the needs of the rights holder, that is to say to your needs, both in terms of technical content and of geographic extent. The decisive factor here is your individual corporate strategy or, more precisely, the strategy foreseen for a specific product or project.
Whether it is a question of a patent, a trade mark or a design, before we begin to examine the effectiveness of the protection afforded by your IP rights, we must first establish and define the extent to which a protective right makes strategic and commercial sense. Should protective rights be sought in countries in which your company is already commercially active? Or is a corporate expansion in the pipeline, in which case it would be sensible to take account of this in the planning of the industrial-rights portfolio?
With our assistance as your IP professionals, and timely consideration of your IP strategy, you will be able to find the right approach to IP management, and that is essential. Industrial property protection is not only a question of protecting intellectual property, it is also a question of making optimal use of it to achieve your objectives.
adequate scope of
protection
adequate scope of
protection
The protection provided by an IP right must be tailored exactly to the needs of the rights holder, that is to say to your needs, both in terms of technical content and of geographic extent. The decisive factor here is your individual corporate strategy or, more precisely, the strategy foreseen for a specific product or project.
Whether it is a question of a patent, a trade mark or a design, before we begin to examine the effectiveness of the protection afforded by your IP rights, we must first establish and define the extent to which a protective right makes strategic and commercial sense. Should protective rights be sought in countries in which your company is already commercially active? Or is a corporate expansion in the pipeline, in which case it would be sensible to take account of this in the planning of the industrial-rights portfolio?
With our assistance as your IP professionals, and timely consideration of your IP strategy, you will be able to find the right approach to IP management, and that is essential. Industrial property protection is not only a question of protecting intellectual property, it is also a question of making optimal use of it to achieve your objectives.
application for
registration
Once we have found the best strategy for your IP rights, we then set out to make sure you obtain the protection for your intellectual property that you really want, and need, to have. In Germany, Europe or worldwide – either by ourselves or with reliable local partners.
Our services
If you want to transform ideas and plans into protective rights, we will look after this for you. We provide advice, support and representation from the birth of the idea, to the grant of protective rights and to their successful enforcement. With the necessary efficiency, we can bring to bear all our technical and legal know-how as well as many years of experience in dealing with patent authorities and patent courts for your benefit.
Patents / Utility models
- Drafting of applications for patents and utility models;
- Filing of applications for patents and utility models, both in Germany and internationally, and representation of the applicant in particular before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, the European Patent Office, and the Austrian Patent Office;
- Drafting of expert opinions regarding the patentability of inventions and the legal validity of patents and utility models;
- Performance of searches into the state of the art.
Trade marks
- Drafting of expert opinions regarding the eligibility of a trade mark for registration and the legal validity of trade marks;
- Performance of trade-mark searches;
- Checking the risk of conflict;
- Drafting of trade-mark applications and composing lists of goods and services;
- Registration of trade-mark applications in Germany and internationally and representation of the applicant, i.a. before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), European Union Industrial Property Office (EUIPO) and the international office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Designs
- Registration of designs and utility models in Germany and abroad and representation of the applicant in particular before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), European Union Industrial Property Office (EUIPO) and the international office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
- Drafting of expert opinions on the legal validity of designs;
- Performance of design prior-art searches.
Employee inventions
- Advice to employers about the organisation of employees’ inventions within a company;
- Informative seminars for the training of employees who, by nature of their working duties and objectives, are regularly concerned with making inventions;
- Assessment of remuneration for employees’ inventors;
- Representation before the arbitration board in matters concerning the Employees’ Inventions Law;
- Representation before the regular courts in disputes relating to employees’ inventions.