Defending and enforcing your rights

The special characteristic of rights in the field of industrial property protection is the monopoly position they confer. Patents and utility models, as well as trademarks and designs, give their owners the right to prohibit third parties from commercially using the protected object or trademark. Not only the manufacture, but also the distribution as well as the mere offering and advertising of protected objects are prohibited. Litigation, i.e., the enforcement or defence of patents and utility models as well as trademarks and designs in and out of court, is a particular focus of our work.

Our emphasis is on exploiting strong intellectual property rights or improving our clients’ position against opposing intellectual property rights. In this context, we regularly advise and represent our clients out-of-court in cease-and-desist proceedings and in close co-operation with attorneys-at-law in Germany and abroad in litigation proceedings. 

Patent infringement proceedings before the courts are usually accompanied by patent revocation proceedings in which we represent our clients before the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) or on appeal before the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH). For unitary patents as well as granted European patents we represent our clients before the Unified Patent Court.

Our long-standing and trusted relationships with our committed attorneys-at-law enable us to represent your interests in litigation. As a patent law firm, we focus on our expertise in patent, trademark and design law to achieve the desired results.

Our services

Drafting and responding to warning letters and authorisation requests in patent, trademark and design matters

Participation in court in the enforcement and defence of patent, trademark and design rights

Drafting and representation of oppositions before the DPMA and EPO

Drafting and representation of revocation proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) in Munich and the Unified Patent Court.

Conducting appeal proceedings of revocation proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe

Representation in litigation proceedings before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)