Trademark law
»No business can afford not to protect its trademarks.«
Trademarks (names of companies, products and services) are crucial for any business. The trademark owner can ban competitors from using a given trademark and demand damages.
We provide advice regarding all aspects of trademark law. Contact us. We are happy to provide you with information.
Trademark registration (name protection)
- German trademark registration
- International trademark registration
- European trademark registration
- Company reference / business reference
- Word marks
- Logos
- 3D marks
- Smell marks
- Colour marks
- Sound marks
- Indication of geographical origin
- Title protection (domain names, work titles, book titles, film titles, periodicals’ titles, magazine titles)
- Publication in Titelschutzanzeiger (Title Protection Paper)
Trademark infringement
- Out-of-court representation
- Cease-and-desist activity and defence against cease-and-desist letters
- Temporary injunction (temporary legal protection)
- Court representation
- Assertion of and protection against damages claims
- Assertion of and protection against injunction reliefs
- Assertion of and protection against demands for information
- Assertion of and protection against demands for destruction
- Customs and border control seizure
Trademark contract (licence)
- Drawing up, validation and negotiation of licence contracts
- Drawing up, validation and negotiation of trademark purchase agreements
- Drawing up, validation and negotiation of delimitation agreements
Trademark research and trademark monitoring
- Identity research (national and international)
- Advanced identity research
- Similarity research (national and international)
- Company name research
- Collision monitoring
- Trademark monitoring
- Monitoring competitors