Marken- und Designrecht-Compliance | Fieldfisher
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Development, protection and enforcement of trademarks and designs

Our expertise in compliance spans a spectrum of activities aimed at defending our clients' rights while avoiding infringement of third- party IP rights. This includes:

 

  • IP clearance searches
  • Trademark and design registrations
  • Monitoring of IP rights
  • Opposition and cancellation proceedings
  • Border seizures
  • Judicial enforcement
  • Defence against unjustified claims
  • Exploitation of IP rights.

 

Approach

A company's trademarks and designs are among its most important intangible assets. These assets must be developed, protected, and exploited in a sustainable manner. This requires a well-thought-out intellectual property strategy – from securing protection against the infringement of older third-party rights, through registration, to the successful protection of trademarks against confusion and dilution – as well as the enforcement of your own rights against infringement by third parties.

We help you determine the best possible strategy, taking into account the economic interests of your company, and ensure its effective implementation.

We develop a registration strategy for you that reflects the economic interests and field of activity of your company while avoiding conflicts.

We manage your trademarks and designs and examine your portfolios as part of an inventory analysis. In this context, we provide you with specific advice on how to close existing gaps in protection and avoid unnecessary renewals and double protection.

Competition requires monitoring of the market environment and effective defense in the event of conflicts. Using specialized monitoring programs, we inform you of impending conflicts and make suggestions for effective action.

If legal disputes cannot be avoided, our team of experienced IP specialists with extensive experience in disputes before patent and trademark offices as well as national and European courts is at your side.

Range of services

We offer a comprehensive suite of services tailored to your needs, including:

  • Devising and executing global brand and design strategies in collaboration with your teams
  • Establishing protocols to safeguard your rights and prevent infringement of third-party rights
  • Identifying and protecting your intellectual property through contractual agreements (employment agreements, non-disclosure agreements, etc.)
  • Conducting worldwide clearance searches (trademarks, company names, designs etc.)
  • Registration and administration of trademarks and designs
  • Enforcement of trademarks and designs before IP offices and courts in the context of opposition, cancellation and infringement proceedings
  • Border seizure proceedings in relation to counterfeits and parallel imports
  • Domain name dispute proceedings
  • Defence against unjustified claims of infringement of third-party IP rights
  • Drafting and negotiating agreements for the exploitation of intellectual property rights (licence agreements, transfer agreements, etc.)
  • Providing support during company acquisitions or IP portfolio sales
  • Developing internal guidelines for the consistent use of trademarks and designs
  • Conducting employee training sessions.