Patents/utility models

Our areas

• Initial assessment of the protectability of new ideas and technical developments
• Preparation of filing strategies
• Preparation of patent applications and utility model applications
• Application and grant proceedings before the German Patent Office (DPMA) and the European Patent Office (EPO)
• International extension of protection including coordination of foreign proceedings in cooperation with our colleagues on site
• Representation and law enforcement before courts such as the Federal Patent Court (BPatG) and before patent litigation chambers of the regional courts as far as the highest instance before the Federal Supreme Court (BGH)
• Portfolio administration and advice
• Oppositions and annulment proceedings
• Cancellations of opposing property rights
• Drafting of licence, purchase and cooperation agreements
• Freedom-to-operate (FTO) analyses
• IP due diligence analyses, IP post-merger integration
• Patent exploitation
• Trade fair and border seizure processes