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... are the three pillars of one of the major Intellectual Property Law Firms in Germany.
With by now 35 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property our firm has acquired an excellent international reputation. Our professional staff is specialized in intellectual property matters. Our target is our clients' successful exploitation of industrial property rights world-wide. We offer services in patents, utility models, designs and trade marks but also specialize in IP evaluation and in IP litigation including cross-border-injunction and licencing.
This website provides you with information about our firm, staff and up-to-date content about industrial property law matters and offers views of our historic office building.
News
- New Publication: Dr. Christian Thomas, Border seizure in the European Union – a universal legal tool, IAM-Magazine, May/June 2012. Download...
- Japan Seminar: Our Seminar in Japan 2012 will take place from June 7 to June 11, 2012. See details.
- European Intellectual Property Seminar: Our Annual European Intellectual Property Seminar 2012 will take place from October 7 to October 12, 2012. Details will follow.
- European Patent Practice Seminar - An In-Depth Seminar
Covering Recent Developments: The Seminar in cooperation with the John Marshall Law School in Chicago is going to be held in fall 2013. - Press release of March 1, 2012: Fast track to patent - PPH Pilot Program between the UK Intellectual Property Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office. As of today, patent applicants can request an accelerated examination of their application. The agreement concerning the so-called Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) was signed by both Offices on December 16, 2011 in Munich. For more information. Read more...
- New Publication: Dr. Christian Thomas, The protection of 3D trademarks in Europe. Read more...
- New Publication: Paul-Alexander Wacker, Trademark industry in Germany, CorpINTL - International Sector Panel Feature - January 2012 Edition. Read more...
- On January 1, 2012 the 10th Issue of the international classification of goods and services of Trademarks (Nice Classification) will enter into force. Read more...
- New Publication: Paul-Alexander Wacker, Lawyer Monthly - Technology Special 12/2011. Read more...
- New Publication: Rainer A. Kuhnen, Lawyer Monthly December 2011 - Retrospective 2011. Read more...
- December 6, 2011: the COMPET-council of the European Union has made a decisive step forward to the Unitary Patent System in Europe under the presidency of Poland. It is expected that on Dec. 22 the "Warsaw Treaty" will be signed and initialed by the European Member States! The Appeal Court will be in Luxembourg and the Arbitration and Mediation Centers will be in Lisbon and Ljubljana. The "International Treaty" to establish a Unitary Patent Court is expected to be signed in the first half of 2012.
Read more... - New Publication: Detlef von Ahsen, Providing IP solutions to oil and gas companies. Read more...
- The 29th Annual Trilateral Conference of the EPO, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opened a new era of advancing patent harmonisation across the globe. Read more...
- President Obama Signs Patent Reform Legislation: President Obama on September 16, 2011, signed legislation (H.R. 1249) to make the most extensive changes in the patent law in nearly 60 years. The signing ceremony took place at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a chartered magnet school in Alexandria, Virginia.
- We are very pleased to announce that our Japanese Patent Attorney, Ms. Senko Yoshida, has become an European Patent Attorney as well. We congratulate her very much on this extraordinary achievement.
- New Publication: Rainer K. Kuhnen & Michael Zeitler, EU Patent and Unified Patent System. Read more...
- New Publication: Paul-Alexander Wacker, IP-counsel: insourcing versus outsourcing, Intellectual Asset Management magazine "iam", www.iam-magazine.com, Download...
- New Publication: Rainer A. Kuhnen, The German Utility Model - The Ambush Weapon, World lntellectual Property Report, 03/11, Download...
- New Publication: Dr. Christian Thomas, How best to utilise the Madrid Protocol, Intellectual Asset Management magazine "iam", IP Value 2011, www.iam-magazine.com, Download...
- New Publication: Paul-Alexander Wacker and Stephan Kopp, The Effects of the EPC, Intellectual Asset Management magazine "iam", www.iam-magazine.com, Download...