Offered Services

We offer a full range of Intellectual Property services after an initial consultation. We handle every issue concerning intellectual property and therefore provide One Stop Full Service. All services are available via video conference.

1. Protection of inventions

  • Protection of your inventions and innovation in Germany, Europe and worldwide PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)
  • Prosecution, opposition and appeal proceedings
  • Drafting technical translations as well as creating technical drawings

2. Prior art searches, due diligence

  • Carrying out prior art researches together with evaluation and recommendations for further actions
  • Legal status analysis
  • Industry and competitive analysis for monitoring of research and development activities of your competitors
  • Analysis and monitoring of competitor patent portfolios

3. Portfolio Management

  • Entering regional phases of PCT applications in Europe EP
  • Nationalization in Germany
  • Validations in all EP countries, especially Germany
  • Related translations, especially German, French, Italian, Spanish and English translations; we provide respective native speakers
  • Services specialized regarding European and German jurisdiction
  • Development and expansion of own patent portfolio
  • Acquisition of patent portfolios
  • Validity checks
  • Monetarization/ litigation
  • Identification of essential and standard relavant patents (eg. 3GPP)
  • Management of existing patent portfolio
  • Monitoring and payment of annual fees of your intellectual property rights
  • Full service "outsourced patent department"

4. Strategy Consulting

  • Specialized consulting regarding European and German jurisdiction and patent practice
  • Strategic aspects of patent portfolios
  • Economic principles, cost management
  • Dealing with internal know-how

5. Enforcement and defense

  • Enforcement of patents and utility models
  • Elimination of invalid rights of competitors in opposition proceedings, revocation actions

6. Monitoring of employee inventions

  • Support regarding employees in Germany
  • Inventor relation management
  • Advice and elaborations regarding incentive models

7. Further Protection

  • Copyright, Trademarks, Designs

8. Lectures

  • Lecture Series 2020 (computer science, mobile communications, semiconductor technology)
  • German and European Patent Practice
  • Employee training (in-house training), inventor training

9. Further Services

Depending on the scope and requirements of the projects further national and international counsels may be required.

 

 

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