Since its inception, the firm has been active in chemistry and related fields.
We handle chemical inventions for our clients in all areas of chemistry, including pharmaceuticals and crop protection agents, chemical engineering, polymer chemistry, catalysts, electrochemistry, fuel additives, surface engineering, paints, coatings, coating technology, organic electronics, organic photovoltaics, fuel cells, and nanotechnology.

Our chemistry lawyers are supported by academically trained support staff with expertise in the full spectrum of chemistry and process engineering.

The diversity and complexity of living organisms makes protecting intellectual property in the life sciences sector a unique challenge. In addition, our clients in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries face a number of unique factors, such as

• The often lengthy and uncertain regulatory approval process that determines when an invention can be exploited, which is why lawmakers have enacted special provisions to extend the term of pharmaceutical and agrochemical patents.
• The enormous cost pressure, especially in the pharmaceutical sector due to overburdened healthcare systems, leads to a close monitoring of legislation and jurisprudence concerning inventions in the life sciences sector, which often goes hand in hand with an impairment of the protection and exploitation of these inventions.
• Ethical and moral considerations that may lead to the exclusion of certain life science technologies from patent eligibility.
  At the same time, however, it is precisely these characteristics that offer opportunities to obtain tailor-made protection for inventions in this field that will ensure the economic success of the company.

We have made this tailor-made protection our mission.

The firm advises a large number of medium-sized companies and start-ups as well as international corporations in the field of physics and all areas of engineering.

We specialize in automotive technology, chemical and biotechnological process engineering, biotechnological apparatus engineering, measurement technology, data acquisition and process control, software-related inventions, and information technology.

Our technology attorneys are supported by academically trained support staff.

Trademarks Trademarks are becoming increasingly important askey identifier of a product’s or service’s origin. Our firm has many years of experience in developing and maintaining trademark portfolios for national and international companies. We cooperate worldwide with law firms that also specialize in intellectual property law and are therefore able to provide our clients with comprehensive support in all matters of international trademark law.

Our services range from the examination, creation and development of trademark portfolios to the ongoing monitoring of trademarks for preventive protection against collisions and the judicial enforcement of trademark rights in the event of a conflict.

We provide strategic advice on coordinating national trademarks, European Union trademarks and international registrations. We file trademark applications with the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), with national trademark offices worldwide in cooperation with local correspondents, with the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) or with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We represent our clients in official opposition and cancellation proceedings as well as in infringement proceedings before the ordinary courts, including preliminary injunction proceedings.

Our firm has been advising companies in the field of design law for decades. We file German design applications at the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), European design applications at the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and international design applications under the Hague Agreement at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
We also advise clients on the enforcement of design rights and the defense against third party attacks.