We provide a full range of intellectual property services as well as services in related fields. We are professional representatives before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Patent Court, the Federal Supreme Court, the EUIPO, the EPO and the WIPO, permanently engaged in assisting our clients in procuring and enforcing their rights, particularly patents and trademarks. Our activities in this field range from prosecution to litigation and licensing. Listed below are some of the core services which are at our clients’ disposal.
Filing, Prosecution and Administration of
- German, European and foreign national patents as well as German and foreign utility models
- PCT applications
- German, international, foreign national, and European trademarks
- German, foreign national, and international design registrations
Oppositions
- against German and European patents
- against German, international and European trademarks
Nullity and Cancellation Procedures
- against German patents
- against German parts of European patents
- against utility models
- against German, international and European trademarks
Litigation
- infringement actions including requests for preliminary injunctions
- representing clients before German civil courts in intellectual property matters (patents, utility models, trademarks, designs)
- co-representing clients before foreign courts in intellectual property matters
- cross border injunctions
- border and exhibition seizures by customs and police
Expert opinions
- regarding infringement of intellectual property and related rights
- regarding validity of intellectual property and related rights
Licensing
- conducting of licensing negotiations
- preparing of license and franchise agreements
Counselling and Representing in
- domain name disputes
Procedures involving employee invention matters
- advising companies in setting up appropriate systems
- calculating inventor’s compensation
- representation before the German Patent and Trademark Office in official arbitration procedures involving employee invention matters
Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolution
- serving as arbitrators in intellectual property matters
- representing clients before arbitration boards in intellectual property matters
Status Checks and Searches
- online status checks of intellectual property rights
- patent, trademarks and design searches (online and/or by firm searchers)
Recording of Assignments world-wide