TRADEMARKS

Our Patent and Intellectual Property Law Firm (Patent Attorney and Certified IP Lawyer) offers the following services regarding trademarks (e.g. in Germany and Europe) and is ready for your inquiries:

Representation at Trademark Offices by European and German Patent Attorney:

  • National, regional and international applications for trademark registrations (trademark prosecution and registration) (e.g. German Trademark registration at German Patent and Trade Mark Office in Munich, European Trademark / Union-Trademark / “EU-Trademark” (ex: Community Trademark) at EUIPO in Alicante, International Trademark at WIPO in Geneva)
  • Handling of notifications of provisional refusals (for Germany and the European Union)
  • Opposition proceedings
  • Cancellation proceedings (e.g. due to non-use)
  • Renewal of trademark registrations, payment of maintanance / annual fees
  • Assignment / transfer of trademarks (application / registration)
  • Procurement of priority document and trademark certificates
  • Applications for change of register (e.g. change of ownership, changes of name and / or address, adjustment of the list of goods and services)

Extrajudicial and judicial representation (enforcement and defense of claims) by Patent Attorney and German Certified IP Lawyer:

  • Authorisation enquiry (German: “Berechtigungsanfrage”)
  • Warning letters (German: “Abmahnung”) due to trademark infringements as well as (modified) declarations to discontinue (German: “Unterlassungserklärung”)
  • Contractual penalty due to violation of declaration to cease and desist
  • Interim injunctions due to trademark infringements / trademark violations
  • Law suits concerning trademark infringements
  • Cancellation suits

General services:

  • Trademark consulting and development (e.g. developing trademark strategies)
  • Trademark searches (by us or with assistance from external specialists)
  • Trademark monitoring and collision monitoring (by us or in cooperation with external specialists)
  • Monitoring terms of trademarks
  • Supervising trademark portfolios
  • Drafting of contracts regarding trademark sales and buys
  • License agreements for trademarks (negotiation, drafting)
  • Delimitation agreements
  • Notices of title protections
  • Cooperation with IP law firms around the world

Feel free to contact us for further information.