Expert opinion

We provide expert opinions in trademark, design and patent matters as well as in questions relating to the Employee Inventions Act. In doing so, we are geared to our clients’ wishes, whereby it is imperative, particularly
with respect to acquisition and divestment of all or part of businesses/companies or mergers and acquisition (M&A) transactions to assess the value of the IP rights involved, at least qualitatively (due diligence).

Novelty searches and patentability opinions

Expert opinion on the registrability of trademarks

Freedom-to-operate analyses (FTO analyses)

Legal validity opinions

Valuation of intellectual property rights

Portfolio analysis

etc.