Patent Litigation

We conduct and coordinate litigation, both offensively and defensively, in national as well as global, multijurisdictional patent infringement proceedings. We have vast experience in enforcing and defending against claims under licensing programs, particularly relating to SEPs and FRAND issues.

Oppositions and Nullity

We attack and defend patents before all relevant authorities, i.e. before the Court, the EPO and the national patent offices.

Licensing & Technology Transfer

We have extensive experience in negotiating, drafting and reviewing license and technology transfer agreements, particularly with respect to the development and licensing of IP and related technology-based services.

Rei vindicatio

We have vast experience in cases relating to rei vindicatio, particularly regarding invention theft or other scenarios in which a patent application is filed by an applicant who is not entitled to do so. Here, we litigate on behalf of our clients in court or – as far as expedient – before the patent offices.

Employee Inventions

We advise employers and employees on their rights and obligations relating to employee inventions, ensuring that the relevant legal requirements are adequately observed.

Unfair Competition Law

We provide advice on creating marketing and advertising concepts and represent our clients in cases brought before the courts at all instances throughout Germany, including the German Federal Court of Justice.

Patent Prosecution

We provide efficient and targeted patent prosecution before the EPO and all relevant national patent offices. Our vast expertise in all relevant technical areas and our extensive litigation practice results in high quality patents, both in terms of validity over the prior art and enforcement in court.

Designs

We provide comprehensive advice relating to issues ranging from the development and implementation of filing strategies, to expert opinions, through to cross-border enforcement of design rights.

Copyright

We represent our clients in national as well as cross-border disputes relating to copyright protection of software, databases and other commercial works and related rights of a creative character.

Domain Names

We develop and manage tailored domain portfolios. When defending and enforcing these portfolios, we particularly focus on arbitration proceedings under the UDRP.

Antitrust Law

We comprehensively advise our clients in all antitrust matters related to contracts or conduct in general, predominantly in a technical context. We help our clients draft their contracts in line with antitrust law and accompany them to critical negotiations with their competitors.

Patent Valuation

We have practical experience in evaluating the qualitative, strategic and monetary value of patent portfolios and innovative technologies. This helps our clients to successfully conduct mergers and acquisitions, choose suitable financing models and maximize fiscal and corporate benefits.

Due Diligence

We provide effective assessments of the value of IP portfolios in terms of risks regarding existing or potential infringement and revocation proceedings, applicable employee invention regulations, existing license agreements and issues relating to factual ownership of protective rights.

Trade Secrets

We provide advice regarding the identification of trade secrets and the implementation of adequate protection mechanisms as well as their assertion before court, or a corresponding defense.