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Patents/utility models

Patents and utility models protect your technical invention from imitation, high development costs are secured, exclusive marketing rights and competitive advantages are strengthened. In addition, income is also generated by the licensing or sale of patents. Patents confirm the innovative power and the competability and are among the most valuable assets of your company. In order to achieve, maintain and improve a suitably strong position, we advise you comprehensively in the following areas:

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

Contact

PRÜFER & PARTNER mbB
Patentanwälte • Rechtsanwälte
Sohnckestrasse 12
D-81479 Munich

+49 89 69 39 210

office@pruefer.de

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