Solutions for all aspects of intellectual property
Intellectual property law deals with the protection of so-called ‘industrial property’ - this includes trade marks (including trade names, establishment names and equipment), patents (including utility models and similar property rights), designs (also known as registered designs) and some special types of property rights.
If copyright is added to these groups, the term ‘intellectual property’ is also used.
Patents enable an inventor to obtain protection for the technical realisation to solve a technical problem. Utility models are ‘small patents’, which usually have a shorter term and fewer requirements.
Trade marks are used to distinguish goods or services - there are separate international classifications for this. A distinction is made between word marks, figurative marks, word/figurative marks, letter marks, number marks and compound marks.
In order to optimally manage the portfolio of industrial property rights, we offer innovative law firm solutions as well as customer-orientated internet solutions that can considerably simplify and facilitate your everyday work!