We have the plan you are thinking about If you are a young entrepreneur or if you are just about to start your business you may be wondering how is it possible to financially sustain the expenses of protection of your brand, idea or invention. We would recommend you to book a first consultation at […]
Read More »News from the Eastern Countries China accesses to the Hague Agreement for International Registrations of Intellectual Designs: let’s get to know more about it. As you already know, dear readers, we are patent experts, we are located in Germany but we act internationally. Chinese Products are very often protected also under European or German Law. The […]
Read More »What is the Unified Patent Court (UPC)? The Unified Patent Court, or UPC for short, is a new court with its own rules of procedure, which have elements of both continental European and Anglo-Saxon legal traditions. It has jurisdiction over disputes concerning unitary patents and existing and newly granted European patents. The owner of a […]
Read More »Patents are only valid in the country for which they have been granted (principle of territoriality). Patents granted by the DPMA have effect in the Federal Republic of Germany. You have a choice of several routes for obtaining patent protection of your invention in other countries. If you wish to obtain protection for your invention […]
Read More »Let us make it clear for you. Patent and utility models are not the same thing, even if you have probably heard sometimes that utility models are just “small patents”. Patents and utility models protect technical inventions that are new, based on an inventive step and commercially applicable. They confer on their owner the privilege, […]
Read More »Communication is changing and our IT-structure il also changing with the world. In order to help you reaching our legal offices more directly and without further travel costs, we are now offering you the possibility, in addition to the usual communication channels, to book an online face-to-face consultation sessions through video conferencing. Get in touch […]
Read More »The European Patent Office carries out a specific European patent grant procedure. The basis is provided by the European Patent Convention (EPC). You can apply for a European patent in 38 contracting states of the EPC. However, the patent is not uniformly valid in all contracting states of the EPC. Following patent grant, the European […]
Read More »Patents are only valid in the country for which they have been granted (principle of territoriality). Patents granted by the DPMA have effect in the Federal Republic of Germany. You have a choice of several routes for obtaining patent protection of your invention in other countries. If you wish to obtain protection for your invention […]
Read More »Fast and low-cost protection of inventions Utility model registration provides fast and low-cost protection of technical inventions. Utility model protection is also available for chemical substances, food and pharmaceuticals, but not for processes, such as manufacturing, working or measuring processes. Whereas it frequently takes several years to obtain a patent, a utility model may be […]
Read More »Patents foster innovations Patents protect new technical inventions. They confer to their owners a territorial monopoly right for a limited period. The patent owner alone is entitled to exploit the invention. He can prohibit unauthorised commercial use of the patented invention. Patents allow to derive economic benefits from inventions. In return, the patent owner has […]
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