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Industrial property rights are essential for establishing, consolidating and expanding a competitive market strategy and they belong therefore to one of the key aspects determining the entrepreneurial success of a company from the very beginning. Nevertheless, obtaining and defending IP rights, as well as developing an international IP strategy by using all possible instruments while complying with all legal regulations, may be often difficult and confusing for non-experts.

It is therefore my task to offer you a 360° tailor-made counseling, under constant consideration of your interests and your goals. My counseling activity is not only focused on obtaining, maintaining and defending IP rights, but also on assessing your freedom to operate (FTO), the opposition of third party IP rights, employee invention law, licensing negotiations and conducting due diligence procedures in the field of IP.

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Patents & utility models

Application drafting and protection, opposition and nullity proceedings. Registration and cancellation procedures in utility model matters.

Trademarks

Registration, opposition, cancellation, nullity and revocation procedures. Monitoring third-party rights and conducting research.

Designs

Registration, nullity and appeals procedures. Advice on unregistered designs under EU law.

Employee's inventions

Determination of remuneration for employee's inventions. Advice on general topics in the field of employee invention law.

FTO & Research

Execution and evaluation of research on the state of the art with regard to possible infringements of IPR, protection requirements and defensive/offensive strategy.

IP Due-Diligence

Analysis of the IP portfolio with a detailed description of all the possible risks and extensive legal advice for solving them.

Licenses

Drafting, negotiation and conclusion of license agreements, both as an instrument to prevent or end a dispute as well for fostering research and development cooperation agreements.

Representation

Representation before the DPMA, the ÖPA and the EPO to petition and conduct proceedings, in particular entry into the national or regional phase, validation and inter partes proceedings.

IP consuelling

Advice on all IP topics, especially in connection with German and European law, including Unified Patent Court, IP Portfolio strategies also under consideration of the international agreements, e.g. PCT.