Expertise

Spirit and purpose of industrial property rights are protection of intellectual property and stimulation of progress: By publication and commercial use of the own, novel, protected developments, competitors are motivated to promote their own research and development.

Industrial property rights encompass specific, protective rights, which enable you to secure your intellectual property.

Patents (P) are prohibitive rights concerning a technical subject-matter, capable of allowing you to exclude third parties from the use of the protected product, method, device or use.

Utility-models (U) are prohibitive rights concerning a technical subject-matter, capable of allowing you to exclude third parties from the use of the protected product or device.

Registered designs (D) are prohibitive rights concerning the design of a model / pattern, capable of allowing you to exclude third parties from the use of said design.

Trade-marks provide protection for marks, that enable a company to distinguish its own goods and services from those of others.

Via agreements and licences the use of intellectual property is granted to third parties for mutual benefit.

Via research existing and possible protective rights are examined, supervised and compared.

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