We give comprehensive advice in the following legal areas:
- patent law, utility model law
(protection of technical inventions) - trademark law
(protection of signs of origin) - design law
(design protection) - know how protection
- employee inventor law
- competition law
(in particular protection against product imitations and law of advertising) - copyright law
(in particular protection of works of applied art)
Our activities include, in particular:
- preparing and prosecuting patent applications at German and European level, internationally extending protective rights worldwide over a dense network of relationships, which have developed over years with patent and law firms in over 100 countries
- interim injunctions and lawsuits in the event of patent infringements and competition violations in Germany and via partners abroad
- drafting, checking and negotiating licence, research and cooperation agreements
- expert opinions, patent monitoring, searches
WE OPERATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL AREAS:
mechanical engineering, machine tools, process engineering, plastics engineering, materials handling technology, construction, special machine construction, sewing technology, spring and damping technology, optics, textile engineering, work protection, food technology, paper processing, furniture production, electrical engineering, electronics, solar technology, measuring and control technology, medical technology, sensor systems, ultrasonic technology, infrared technology, X-ray technology, semi-conductor technology, mechatronics, telecommunications, inorganic chemistry.
We do not operate, for example, in the following areas: pharmaceutics, gene technology, biotechnology, organic chemistry.