Legal Advice Areas

Patents

Patents are technical property rights that are examined by the Patent Office for novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability.

Utility Models

Utility models are technical property rights examined by the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) for formal requirements only.

Trademarks

Trademarks can be words or images that are capable of distinguishing goods or services of one company from those of other companies.

Designs

A design is the appearance of a product, resulting in particular from the lines, contour, colors or shape of the product.

Copyright for Computer Software

Computer software is protected by copyright if it is the result of the author's own intellectual creation.

Employee Invention Law

Employee Invention Law regulates the legal relationship between employer and employee with respect to inventions made by the employee.

Infringement Proceedings

We advise or represent you in the event of infringement of your trademarks or design rights or infringement of your patent rights.

Freedom to Operate Analyses

FTO analyses can be useful before placing your product on the market in order to identify third-party property rights at an early stage.

We carry out searches under two aspects in particular: firstly, for property rights that conflict with your product, or secondly, for older prior art that could conflict with your own property right application.