Patents and
Utility Models

Inventiveness requires creativity and visionary thinking – safeguarding it, on the other hand, requires analytical skills and strategic foresight.

A patent requires a precise articulation of the core of the invention, which must be abstracted and defined as comprehensively as possible. Close co-operation with the inventor is crucial here. Our technical expertise and curiosity are the basis for an efficient and sustainable protection strategy.

Our law firm offers comprehensive advice, registration, representation, and ongoing support. Our patent attorneys speak the language of engineers and scientists. With a trained eye for risks and optimisation possibilities, we help to further develop and secure technical solutions – so that an idea becomes a forward-looking patent.

As part of our advice on patent law, we carry out in-depth freedom-to-operate searches in order to recognise potential conflicts of third-party rights at an early stage. We analyse whether your products, processes or technologies affect existing third-party patents and assess potential infringement risks, taking into account the relevant legal systems. This provides you with a reliable basis for making decisions on product development, market entry or licensing strategy.

Of course, we also enforce our clients’ interests in patent infringement proceedings – both in the judicial enforcement of our own intellectual property rights and in defence against third-party claims. With our technical and legal expertise, we develop well considered strategies for effective enforcement or defence – both nationally and internationally. We always keep the economic objective in mind and also consider out-of-court solutions.

We conduct opposition and nullity proceedings with technical depth and clear argumentation to secure or remove patents. We represent our clients before the European Patent Office (EPO), the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) and the Federal Patent Court (BPatG) – often in combination with parallel infringement proceedings. Our strength: the close integration of targeted research, technical analysis and legal strategy.

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has opened up a new system for the Europe-wide enforcement and contestation of patents. We advise our clients comprehensively on opt-out options and the strategic handling of unitary patents.

As authorised representatives before the UPC, we conduct nullity and infringement proceedings and advise our clients comprehensively on opt-out options and the strategic handling of unitary patents.