Brands & Design
Protecting intellectual property is essential for a business to succeed. Advice on all questions relating to the acquisition and protection of trademarks and designs is therefore one of the core areas of our firm. We help you to find the best strategy for securing and asserting your rights, whether at home or abroad.
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Registration of trademarks and designs
The registration of a trademark or design is a basic prerequisite for safeguarding your intellectual property. Many mistakes can be made in the very formal application procedures. We find the right strategies and take care of the applications.
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Trademark and design infringements
We have decades of experience in defending intellectual property rights. We pursue claims for our clients in the event of infringement of trademark and other intellectual property rights.
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Cease and desist letters
Cease and desist letters have a worse reputation than they deserve. They help to settle legal conflicts out of court and to assess procedural risks. They form the basis for enforcing intellectual property rights and are our daily business. We assert our clients’ rights by means of cease and desist letters and represent clients who are on the receiving end.
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Licensing agreements and assignment of rights
Those who want to market intellectual property rights have no alternative but to cooperate with third parties. We advise and support you when IP rights are being assigned or licensed. In doing so, we look for the most effective ways of implementation for you.
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Google Adwords und Keyword Advertsing
Google Adwords, Keyword Advertising and SEM, we understand the legal limits of advertising with trademarks on the internet and will assert your trademark rights or defend you against the claims of trademark owners.
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Trademark monitoring
Those who do not protect their brands undermine their own reputation. The registration of similar or identical trademarks by third parties dilutes their own trademark rights. Regular monitoring of the registers serves to counteract this. In most cases, conflicts can be easily avoided. We offer monitoring services.
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Trademark searches
Registering trademarks without first searching for earlier and similar rights of third parties can have unpleasant consequences. There is a risk of total loss of all investment in brand development. We search for older rights and make risk analyses – before submitting the application.
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Domains
Have you founded a company, registered a trademark and found out that the domain has already been secured by someone else? We can help you with all legal questions in connection with domains, be it registration, defence against third party claims or the transfer of a domain to a third party.
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Legal opinion
Have you founded a company, registered a trademark and found out that the domain has already been secured by someone else? We can help you with all legal questions in connection with domains, be it registration, defence against third party claims or the transfer of a domain to a third party.
