Industrial Property
Industrial property rights regulate and protect the activities of traders on the basis of industrial property rights. These include the protection of trademarks and the protection of industrial peculiarities, which in turn can be subdivided into aesthetic and technical peculiarities. There are overlaps with copyright law and competition law.
Protection of Commercial Peculiarities
Design Law
In contrast to trademark law, the object of protection of design law is the external appearance of a product as such. A memorable design is a core characteristic of a product successfully placed on the market. By registering it, you obtain a time-limited monopoly – only you have the exclusive right of use and may prohibit third parties from using it. Certain requirements are necessary for this – if these are not met, you may be confronted with applications for invalidity by third parties. We support you preventively in the search as well as afterwards in the defense of your design. Just like trademarks, designs can be protected on a national, European and international level. We are familiar with all the relevant authorities.
Patent Law
Patents protect technical inventions and are an indispensable part of innovation and progress. We evaluate your idea and develop the right protection strategy for you. Obtaining patent protection is not easy – but the resulting limited monopoly of use pays off. Whether or not your innovation is patentable must be closely examined against the state of the art. We register your patent and accompany you during the legal examination procedure up to the granting. From this point on, a patent can be challenged by anyone for nine months by means of an opposition or nullity action. We defend your property right against third parties in all official and judicial proceedings.
Trademark Protection: Trademark Law
A prominent trademark can be worth its weight in gold, which makes proper trademark protection all the more important. It arises through registration in a public trademark register and can be renewed indefinitely. We advise our corporate and private clients starting with a comprehensive trademark search on an international level. We then register, monitor and renew your trademark. Should you come into contact with trademark infringements, we enforce your claims in this regard and, if necessary, conclude delimitation agreements for you. We represent you in all these matters and help you to protect your trademark at all levels: At the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
International Network
On an international level, we have a worldwide network of cooperating law firms with whom we work together in a trusting and reliable manner in order to provide our clients with the support they need to protect their trademark rights.
Copyright
Copyright law deals with the relationship of an author to his work. Every personal intellectual creation (Section 2 (2) UrhG) constitutes a protectable work within the meaning of copyright law as soon as it is published. The aim is to reserve the economic exploitation of creative work for the author. We help you to protect your idea.
Copyright
Copyright law deals with the relationship of an author to his work. Every personal intellectual creation (Section 2 (2) UrhG) constitutes a protectable work within the meaning of copyright law as soon as it is published. The aim is to reserve the economic exploitation of creative work for the author. We help you to protect your idea.