Patents and utility models protect new technical objects and processes from imitation by other market participants and secure your competitive advantage. We can offer you the following services in this area.
- Drafting, filing and defending German and European patents, if desired with full representation of the applicant before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and the Federal Patent Court
- Grant proceedings before foreign patent authorities in cooperation with our worldwide network of qualified colleagues
- PCT applications with representation before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and WIPO
- Preparation and filing of German and foreign utility models with representation of the applicant before the German Patent and Trademark Office, WIPO and worldwide via our network of qualified colleagues
- Monitoring and payment of annual fees
- employee invention law
- Advising companies on the development of legally compliant systems
- Calculation of inventor’s compensation
- Representation of employee inventors in asserting their claims
- patent searches
- Conducting license negotiations
- Drafting of license agreements
- Expert opinions on validity and freedom-to-operate
- Expert opinions on infringements of property rights and the validity of property rights
- Representation of the opponent against German and European patents
- Representation of the nullity plaintiff before the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice
- Enforcement of your intellectual property rights