Rechtsanwalt (Of Counsel)
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Industrial & intellectual property rights
Your trade mark, your software, your developments are often worth more than your fixed assets. We make sure that you own what you want to defend.
Protection, exploitation and transfer of intellectual property for companies in Hamburg and throughout Germany.
Intangible industrial assets and intellectual property, in other words things we have developed and devised ourselves, also play an important role in our day-to-day work and are therefore of great importance to us too. Take our company logo, for example: our trade mark, with which we present ourselves to the outside world and which identifies our offices, our business stationery and other items, right down to our ballpoint pens. Or the specialist articles by our lawyers, tax advisers and certified public accountants that appear in the relevant trade journals, books and newspapers. They all form part of our intangible industrial assets and our intellectual property.
Accordingly, we know how important and valuable such assets are, and we protect them on behalf of our clients as if they were our own. In doing so, we draw on experience gathered and passed on over decades, which enables us not only to protect and defend our clients' intangible assets, but also to develop them strategically and thus increase their value.
We establish what rights exist, draft the agreements and support transfers, with valuation and tax assessment from within our own firm.
Our practice areas
- IP transactions: purchase, sale and transfer of intellectual property rights
- Licence agreements: rights of use for software, trade marks, patents and copyrights
- Copyright: use of third-party content, warning letters, cease-and-desist declarations
- Trade mark law: protection and defence of your trade marks
- Design law: protection and defence of your designs
- Valuation of intangible assets, together with our auditing team
Contacts
The experts to match.
Rechtsanwältin
Partnerin, Rechtsanwältin, Fachanwältin für Urheber- und Medienrecht
Geschäftsführender Partner, Rechtsanwalt und Steuerberater, Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht
Frequently asked questions about intellectual property
Answers to the questions our clients ask us most often about intellectual property.
We have received a warning letter about an image. What now?
First make sure you meet the deadline, then check: does the right exist, is the allegation justified, is the pre-drafted cease-and-desist declaration too broad? Do not sign anything without changes. The declaration binds you permanently and is backed by a contractual penalty.
How can I protect an idea legally?
As a rule, a mere idea is not protected. However, its specific form may be protected, for example by a patent for technical inventions, a trade mark for names and signs, a design for outward appearance or copyright for creative works. Non-disclosure agreements can also help to secure innovative concepts and confidential know-how at an early stage.
Do you also register trade marks and patents?
Yes. We handle trade mark applications, patent applications and opposition proceedings ourselves.
How much is our IP worth?
That depends on the purpose: a valuation for a transaction is done differently from one for the balance sheet or for a legal dispute. Valuations of individual intangible assets are prepared by our certified public accountants within the same firm.
Any further questions?
Would you like to make an appointment or arrange a callback or request more information about us? We are here for you.
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Would you like to make an appointment or arrange a callback or request more information about us? We are here for you.