Recognisable brands and logos are the figureheads of any profitable company. If they utilise the latest technologies for their marketing, efficient protection of intellectual property against product and brand piracy becomes an indispensable prerequisite for lasting success. Given the immense legal complexity and the ongoing development of German IP law, this task requires appropriate expertise and experience.
To ensure that you are always legally on the safe side when dealing with German IP law, Schlun & Elseven Rechtsanwälte offers comprehensive legal advice on industrial property rights in Germany such as trademarks, patents, designs and plant variety rights. Regardless of the industry in which you operate, our lawyers guarantee reliable legal advice in intellectual property rights (including German competition law, copyright law, press and media law).
In the event of an infringement, we ensure that your claims as the author or rights holder are enforced quickly and effectively. In addition, we support you in developing and implementing customised IP concepts to ensure that your IP portfolio in Germany remains fully protected. Through our regular work with start-up entrepreneurs, photographers, actors, authors, film and music producers, artists, and bloggers, we have extensive experience and industry-specific expertise to best represent your interests. Contact us today to benefit from our expertise.
Licence Agreements & IP Contracts: Drafting and Review
German contract law is closely correlated to IP law in Germany, as many business agreements and transfers involve forms of intellectual property. When drafting contracts related to IP law, IP aspects must be carefully considered to protect the interests of the contracting parties. Expert contract law advice is a top priority. Using standard contracts that are not reviewed or drafted by experienced contract law lawyers can lead to incompleteness that only covers some eventualities. This can leave your business vulnerable to legal conflicts.
Especially in the transfer of rights of use and exploitation (licence agreement), a concrete designation of the rights transferred in each case is crucial—both for the author and the new right holder. Significant legal differences already result from the alternative of granting an exclusive or non-exclusive use right. Spatial and temporal restrictions must also be precisely included in the licence agreement.