Trade Marks
Trade marks are intellectual property rights. They identify the goods and services of a business and distinguish them from those of other businesses. Trade marks indicate commercial origin and can also represent the quality associated with a particular product or service. A trade mark can be renewed indefinitely. Signs such as words, figurative elements, slogans and logos can be registered as trade marks. Purely descriptive signs are generally excluded from registration. Before filing a trade mark application, searches for potentially conflicting earlier rights should be carried out.
Our services:
- Trade mark searches to identify potential conflicts
- Trade mark applications
- German trade marks, EU trade marks and international registrations
- Filing trade mark applications and handling registration proceedings
- National trade mark applications abroad
- Monitoring of deadlines and payment of renewal fees
- Trade mark watching for potentially conflicting applications
- Opposition proceedings
- Handling of trademark cancellation proceedings
- Trade mark infringement proceedings
- Expert opinions on infringement issues