Legal areas

You create innovations – we protect them. In today's competitive marketplace, competitors closely monitor new developments. We help safeguard your inventions from imitators and secure your competitive edge. Our comprehensive support spans from strategic patent consulting and thorough patent research to filing applications and maintaining your intellectual property rights.

• Strategic patent consulting
• Utility model advisory services
• Patent research and analysis
• Filing procedures – national, European, international
• IP portfolio management, defense and enforcement

Your trademark is as distinctive as the products or services it represents. A strong trademark effectively positions your offerings in the marketplace and differentiates you from competitors. To ensure your trademark drives business success from day one and maintains its unique identity, early strategic planning is essential. We support you throughout the entire process – from initial branding concepts and comprehensive trademark research to registration and beyond. We also provide ongoing support for trademark portfolio management, maintenance, and enforcement.

• Brand development – from consultation to in-house creation of new trademarks
• Comprehensive trademark searches and analysis
• Filing procedures – national, European, international
• Trademark portfolio management, maintenance, defense and enforcement

Your product's visual design serves as both a key differentiator and a powerful marketing tool that significantly impacts commercial success – provided your product has a distinctive visual identity. Registered design protection grants you exclusive rights to your product's aesthetic features and design elements. We guide you seamlessly through the entire protection process.

• Design and registered design searches and analysis
• Filing procedures – national, European, international
• Design rights portfolio management, maintenance, defense and enforcement

Copyright protects creative works that demonstrate originality and creativity. The work must meet a required threshold of originality to qualify for protection. Protected works include literary and written materials (including computer software), musical compositions, choreography, fine art, photography, films, and scientific or technical illustrations such as diagrams and maps.

We help you determine whether your work qualifies for copyright protection and provide expert guidance on enforcing your copyright interests.

• Copyright eligibility assessment
• Copyright defense and enforcement

Thorough market intelligence forms the foundation of effective intellectual property protection. Comprehensive research and competitive analysis should precede any IP registration. The better we understand your market and competitors, the more precisely we can position and differentiate your intellectual property. Strategic research significantly reduces the risk of unsuccessful applications and unexpected challenges, such as cease and desist notices. Since markets are constantly evolving, ongoing vigilance is essential to maintain strong protection for your patents, trademarks, and designs. Our professional research services ensure your intellectual property receives optimal protection from the outset.

• Trademark clearance searches
• Patent and utility model research
• Design protection searches
• Competitive landscape analysis
• Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analysis

As digitalization accelerates, the demand for innovative software solutions continues to grow. As a developer, you can effectively protect your intellectual property – your code and programming innovations. The specific protection mechanisms available and applicable IP rights vary depending on your particular software. We provide tailored, comprehensive guidance on securing software protection through:

• Patents
• Utility models
• Trademarks
• Copyright

Innovation drives future competitiveness and business success. Companies can foster valuable innovation by implementing effective incentive programs and compensation structures for employee inventors. While organizations focus on promoting, utilizing, and protecting these innovations, employees also have important rights and options in case of disputes. We support both employers and employees with all aspects of employee invention matters.

• Legal counsel for employers and employees on invention rights
• Expert opinion preparation
• Representation in arbitration proceedings and civil litigation

Having a great idea is just the beginning. To ensure your often lengthy and expensive development process truly pays off, your innovation should be protected from theft and copying from the outset. The appropriate intellectual property protection strategies are as unique as your invention. We offer initial inventor consultations to help you understand your options and develop a protection strategy – all discussions are strictly confidential.