Along with copyright laws, the laws on industrial property rights are at the core of intellectual property. These rights allow their owner to maintain a monopoly on and commercially exploit certain intangible rights.
Our activities in these areas in particular include:
- Research as to possible conflicting prior rights of third parties
- National and international registration of your protected rights and initiation of title protection notifications
- Management of your protected rights
- Supervision/market observance of your protected rights
- Filing opposition claims against and actions for deletion or voidance of registrations filed by your competitors infringing upon your prior rights
- Warning notices and court cease-and-desist orders for cases in which your rights are infringed upon, where necessary possible by temporary injunction
- Pursuing claims, both in and out of court, for disclosure, damage compensation, and destruction
- Defending against unjustified claims of third parties against your rights, including filing of protection claims with the court to avoid injunction
- Drawing up agreements on licensing, trademark differentiation, and priority rights
- Anti-counterfeiting measures, inter alia the arranging for customs action and its enforcement
