Legal advice concerning inventions, know-how, trade marks (brands, geographical
indications), designs, protection of software and plant varieties
Application of all industrial property rights (national and international):
patents including European patents, utility models, industrial designs,
trade marks including European trade marks, plant varieties, type faces,
semiconductor topographies
Representation before the German Patent and Trademark Office,
the Federal Patent Court, the Federal Office of Plant Varieties,
the European Patent Office, the Office for Harmonization of the Internal
Market (trade marks and designs), and
other international offices of industrial property rights, in particular
cases before the Federal Supreme Court
Observation of industrial property rights, supervision and management (e.g.
renewals)
Prosecution of infringements, acting before relevant courts
Legal advice and representation in all cases concerning employees' inventions