Intellectual property law

Trademarks, designs, patents, copyright or know-how: intellectual property (IP) stands for uniqueness and technological advancement and is thus a critical factor for long-term commercial success. The protection and defence of your intellectual property is therefore of central importance.

Successful, innovative ideas and products are also a breeding ground for counterfeiting, piracy and plagiarism. Their threat is ever-present. Protection of your intellectual property and its systematic defence can prevent copycats from cutting ahead of you, especially in extremely competitive markets.

Our tailor-made intellectual property consulting services

We support you globally by helping you build and expand a tailor-made intellectual property portfolio and enforcing the systematic exploitation of your IP rights. In doing so, we strive for efficient legal prosecution of any infringers and counterfeiters and assist you in the utilisation of your intellectual property rights through licensing strategies or co-operation in the areas of distribution and research & development.

With our interdisciplinary and international approach to copyright and industrial property law, we are able to offer you one-stop-shop consulting services and assistance also in the context of business formation and transactions as well as tax planning models involving issues relevant to intellectual property rights.

Rödl & Partner has a seasoned team of attorneys with longstanding experience in all fields of intellectual property as well as copyright and ownership rights. To ensure that your IP rights are managed and protected worldwide in an efficient manner and in conformity with uniform quality standards, we cooperate with numerous intellectual property law firms on a permanent basis.

We offer you the following services:

Strategy consulting

Intellectual property portfolio development
Optimisation and restructuring of existing IP portfolios
Preventive strategies to avoid IP right infringements with regard to advertising and launching products
IP compliance
Assistance in any issues of trademark law, particularly regarding branding in liaison with marketing departments and advertising agencies
IP consulting on business transactions

National and international IP rights management

Trademark registrations: German trademarks, Community trademarks, IR trademarks
Industrial design registrations: German, Community and international industrial designs
Coordination of IP right registrations worldwide
Renewal and monitoring of deadlines, re-registrations
Documentation including drawing up of status reports
Registration and administration of domains worldwide

Defence and safeguarding of IP rights

Representation in the context of cease-and-desist letters, preliminary injunctions and infringement lawsuits
Worldwide trademark conflict monitoring
Investigation of IP rights infringements and internet monitoring
Protest and cancellation procedures
Customs detention
Safeguarding of rights to employee inventions
Representation in domain name dispute resolution procedures (ADR and UDRP)