An invention
solves a problem with technical means. In this context one speaks about technical protective rights which also comprise the German utility model. Who owns an invention that is made e.g. during employment relationship?
A good legal advice
generally starts with a question:
Which intellectual property right (Information about design protection,
about trademarks, idea protection) provides for
which commercial activity (industrial design, good, service, method, usage)
the legally largest extent of protection (national, international)
for the longest possible period (duration of protection)?
An example for questions about patent law:
Programs for computers are excepted from patent protection (§1 Abs. 3 Nr. 3 Patentgesetz) in Germany. But this might regional (s. known PDF-Viewer, which lists a multiplicity of US Patents) and especially in view to the technical solution realized with this program to be judged differently. How to draft the patent application therefor?
About design right:
Can a bulky data base be protected by patent or design right?
As the originator of a design or brand I am protected by the copyright. Which benefit does a filing with the
office (for legal protection in Germany: DPMA, within the EC: OHIM or WIPO according to the Hague Agreement) have and is
an agent needed therefore or for patent protection of my idea?
Your are offered the possibility of an initial or inventor consultation, especially for companies in Erkrath, Haan, Hilden, Heiligenhaus, Langenfeld, Mettmann, Monheim, Ratingen, Solingen, Velbert and Wuelfrath. An initial consultation can depict the action alternatives in case of failure to comply with a time limit or amicably disputes on receipt of an entitlement for right of use or a warning letter. For destruction of a protective right a request of cancellation, the waiver or an opposition (Trademark law or patent law, after granting) or protest (PCT) can be essential.
The following questions about trademark law
occur many times:
- What are the costs for registration and maintenance of a German trademark, a (European) Community Trade Mark (CTM) or an international registered trademark (Madrid System, Madrid Protocol)?
- Do I need trade mark protection for my goods in the country of exportation?
- What has to be considered for commissioned production of goods labeled with the trademark of the orderer outside of European Economic Area (EEA)?
- Is the work title of my novel still vacant or
Is my discarded partner allowed to start commercial activities with his new company using the same designation (corporate identity)?
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