Patents | Utility Models –

Protect your technical invention

 

In addition to general advice on patents and utility models, we offer:

  • Preparation and submission of utility model and patent applications for domestic and foreign patents, in particular European and international patents

  • Enforcement of the grant of a patent or the registration of a utility model

  • Patent searches

  • Defence the legal validity of any technical IP right in opposition, invalidity or cancellation proceedings

  • Attack of property rights being incapable of protection

  • Expert opinions

  • Consultation and representation in case of infringement of your technical protection right

  • Enforcement of technical protection infringement claims, including omission, information and compensation (if necessary with the addition of an attorney-at-law)

  • Authorisation requests, warnings, complaints and interim injunctions (where appropriate with the addition of an attorney-at-law))

  • Counselling for employers and employees regarding employee inventions

  • Defence in case of technical protection rights infringement

Trademarks –

Protect your brand

In addition to general advice on trademarks, we offer:

  • Preparation and filing of applications for German, French, European and international trademarks

  • Trademark searches

  • Monitoring of trademark registers nationally and internationally

  • Enforcement of trademark registration

  • Defence of trademarks under attack, in particular in opposition, invalidity, and cancellation proceedings before the trademark offices or in court

  • Attack of trademarks due to likelihood of confusion or other lack of protection

  • Expert opinions

  • Consultation and representation in case of an infringement of your trademark

  • Enforcement of trademark infringement claims, including omission, information and compensation (if necessary with the addition of an attorney-at-law)

  • Authorisation requests, warnings, complaints and interim injunctions (if necessary with the addition of an attorney-at-law)

  • Defence against claims based on alleged infringements of third party trademarks

Registered Designs | Design Patents –

Protect your product design

In addition to general advice on registered designs and design patents, we offer:

  • Preparation and filing of applications for German, French, European and international designs

  • Design searches

  • Defend the rights of designs under attack

  • Attack of designs due to lack of protection

  • Expert opinions

  • Consultation and representation in case of a infringement of your design

  • Enforcement of design infringement claims, including omission, information and compensation (if necessary with the addition of an attorney-at-law)

  • Authorisation requests, warnings, complaints and interim injunctions (possibly with the addition of a lawyer)

  • Defence against claims based on alleged infringements of third party designs

Employee Inventions under German law

In matters relating to employee invention law, we offer

  • For employers: general advice on the handling of employees’ inventions

  • For employees: counselling on behaviour towards the employer

  • For employers and employees: determining compensation

  • For employers and employees: advice on the legally correct handling of technical rights based on employee inventions

  • Representation of employers and employees in disputes regarding employee inventions

  • Contracts on employee invention law, in particular with regard to compensation

Contracts

In connection with contracts relating to industrial property rights, we offer

  • Consulting and representation in connection with license agreements for patents, utility models and know-how as well as trademarks and designs

  • Preparing of license agreements

  • Checking license agreements

  • Support and representation in licensing negotiations

  • Purchase contracts for industrial property rights

  • Cooperation agreements

  • Secrecy agreements and non-disclosure agreements

  • Coexistence agreements

Representation before the French Intellectual Property Office

We will represent you before the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle

  • as communicating lawyer

  • in patent matters, in particular filing patent applications and representation in examination procedures

  • in trademark matters, in particular filing trademark applications and representation in examination procedures

  • in design matters, in particular the filing design applications and representation in examination procedures

  • to validate European patents in France