AREAS OF LAW
EXPERTISE

Simple ideas, complex effects.
Examples of our expertise in
technical fields and legal areas.

A simple idea can have complex consequences. That's why we offer comprehensive advice and representation in all matters relating to intellectual property and industrial property rights. Please contact us for a free initial consultation.

Technology
Law
Consulting/Training
Mechanical engineering
  • Automotive & Mobility Solutions
  • Classic mechanical engineering
  • Textile tech
  • Packaging technology
  • Air conditioning technology
  • Automation technology
  • Fluid mechanics
Engineering disciplines
  • Medical technology
  • Process engineering and process technology
  • Defense
  • Green technologies
  • Aerospace technology
  • Materials science
  • Production technology
Pharma & Life Sciences
  • Novel Foods
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Cosmetics
  • Diagnostics
  • Medical uses
  • Immunotherapies
Chemistry & Biotech
  • Organic & inorganic chemistry
  • Process engineering
  • Syntheses
  • Catalysts
  • Microbiology
  • Biotechnical methods
  • Modified organisms
Electrical engineering
  • Measuring tech
  • Process engineering and process technology
  • Installation technology
  • Automation technology
  • Drive tech
  • Energy tech
Crypto technologies
  • Blockchain Technologies
  • Cryptography
  • Smart Contracts
  • Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
  • Tokenization
  • Exchanges, Exchange Platforms, and Wallet Technologies
  • Consensus Mechanisms & Interoperability
  • Decentralized Applications (dApps)
Industry 4.0
  • Digitization
  • Information tech
  • Mechatronics
  • Telecommunications
  • Robotics
Food & Agriculture
  • Novel Foods
  • Seeds and cultivars
  • Veterinary medicine
  • Plant variety protection
  • Modified organisms
Clean Tech
  • Green technologies
  • Wind power
  • Battery tech
  • Solar
  • Cleaning of sewage and soil
  • Recycling tech
Patent law / utility model law
  • German and European patent law
  • European patent with unitary effect
  • International patent procedures, e.g. PCT, in Asia and the USA
  • Cancellation, opposition and nullity proceedings
  • Expert opinion
Trademark law
  • German brands
  • Community trade marks
  • IR trademark proceedings
  • Infringement proceedings / Cancellation proceedings
Design law
  • German design
  • Community design
  • International design
Protection of know-how and trade secrets
  • Law on the protection of trade secrets
Patent valuation
  • Expert opinions on legal and/or economic valuation
Data protection law
Copyright
Media law
Competition law
  • German Unfair Competition Law (UWG)
Employee invention law
  • Rights and obligations of the employer/employee
  • Remuneration issues
Contracts & expert opinions
  • Validity opinions
  • Infringement opinions
  • Freedom-to-operate opinions
  • IP contracts (development/license)
  • Infringement analyses
  • Tech transfer
  • Employee inventions
  • Licensing
Due diligence
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • IPOs and other investments
  • Technical and economic evaluation of IP portfolios
IP development
  • Patent management with an overall strategic view
  • Technical and economic evaluation
  • Identification & Research
  • Transfers & Licenses
  • Introduction of idea management
  • Archiving, identification and management systems
Enforcement of IP
  • Expert opinion
  • Objections
  • Nullity proceedings
  • IP dispute proceedings (DE, UPC) and coordination
  • Mediation
Training
  • Employee invention law
  • Management of the patent portfolio
  • Patent search
  • Archiving, identification and management systems