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REPRESENTATION AND CONSULTATION
Representation and consultation in all areas of industrial property protection in any technical field
Representation before the
- GPTO (German Patent and Trademark Office)
- BPatG (Federal Patent Court)
- EPO (European Patent Office)
- OHIM (Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market)
- WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
- BSA (Agency for the protection and national listing of new plant varieties)
- CPVO (Community Plant Variety Office)
- LG (Regional Court)
- OLG (Higher Regional Court)
- BGH (Federal Court of Justice)
PATENTS
German patents and utility models, European patents, International patent applications
(under the Patent Cooperation Treaty PCT)
- Drawing up patent applications
- Administration and handling of patent applications and patents before the respective authorities (German Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office, WIPO)
- Examination procedures
- Opposition procedures
- Supplementary protection certificates
- PCT application procedure, international preliminary examination
- Nullity proceedings (Federal Patent Court, Federal Court of Justice)
- Utility model cancellation procedures
- Patent and utility model litigation application and registration procedures
- Compulsory licensing procedures
- Appeal procedures
- Utility model application and registration procedures
- Licensing negotiations and preparation of license contracts
- Opinions on infringement and validity
- Monitoring of annuity fees, renewals
GERMAN TRADEMARKS, COMMUNITY TRADEMARKS, IR MARKS
- Administration and handling the respective authorities (GPTO, OHMIM, HABM, WIPO)
- Registration procedures
- Opposition procedures
- Reconsideration procedures
- Appeal procedures
- Trademark cancellation
- Trademark litigation
- Delimitation agreements
- Licence agreements for trademarks
- Opinions on infringement and validity
INTERNET
- Consultation on the choice of a domain name
- Domain name disputes
- Arbitration procedures
- On-line agreements
- Copyright in the Internet
- Competition law in the Internet
GERMAN, COMMUNITY, AND INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS
- Application and registration procedures
- Administration and handling before the respective authorities
- Registration procedures
- Cancellation procedures
- Defense and enforcement
- Out-of-court agreements
- Opinions on infringement and validity
PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
Consultation and representation in matters of national and Community plant variety protection (BSA, CPVO)
SEARCHES
- Computer-supported database searches in all areas of intellectual property rights, novelty searches, name searches, survey searches in all technical fields, domain searches
- Manual searches in GPTO examination material
- Procuring publications by the respective authorities on patents, utility models, trademarks, designs, etc.
- Performing "manual" and on-line file inspections
- Monitoring individual protective rights with regard to procedural and legal status
- Monitoring technical fields with regard to application activities
- Monitoring particular applicants with regard to protective right activities
FOREIGN PROTECTIVE RIGHTS
Application of protective rights, defense and enforcement of protective rights in foreign countries through our international network of competent and experienced foreign colleagues.
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