“Long-term assurance of originality and individuality – through strong legal protection.”

Apart from patents, we also obtain protective rights in other sensitive service areas for our clients.

KRAUS & LEDERER supports clients in the registration of trademarks, design rights and all copyright matters. Intellectual and creative achievements that make their effect in the emotional and psychological areas may well be crucial factors for your company’s success. They create individuality and originality in brand presentation – a source of opportunity for the future.

For its clients, KRAUS & LEDERER strives to obtain the best possible differentiation against competitors and effective protection against plagiarism. The registration of design rights or trademarks, be they in word, picture or some other form, ensures that our clients benefit from their own creativity and that no-one takes advantage of their ideas.

Our task is to assist our clients when making such applications in Germany and all over Europe.

Our clients can rely on KRAUS & LEDERER for outstanding patent law services and support.

Patent Prosecution

We assist our clients through all stages of patent prosecution. All partners are fully qualified to act at both the German and European Patent Office. German, European and international patent applications are …

 

Opposition

With the granting of a patent, a patent application becomes a right of prohibition, the patent. Patentee may prohibit infringing acts by competitors. In case you should be affected by a patent of a third party, …

Patent Litigation

In Germany, infringement of a patent and validity of a patent are dealt with separately and in different courts. An infringement suit is heard by specialized boards of the district and upper district courts. …

Trademarks and Designs

Product design and brands may be equally important as technical innovations for commercial success. KRAUS & LEDERERs trademark and design team assists its clients in obtaining trade-mark and design protection. …


Other Protective Rights

We also advise our clients regarding other available ways to protect their intellectual property in Germany and elsewhere, for example as utility models or designs …

Administration of Protective Rights

Our tax department handles all annuity and prolongation matters for patents, designs, utility models and trademarks both in Germany and world-wide. …

Licensing

We help our clients in granting and taking licenses under intellectual property rights. As a part of this service, we counsel our clients regarding the strength of the subject intellectual property rights and …

Employees’ Inventions

The German Law on Employees’ Inventions is quite unique in the world and its requirements are relatively unknown to many clients. The material consequences which may arise from this law are frequently overlooked, …


Arbitration

Since the costs for court proceedings for enforcing intellectual property rights or to defend against the claims of other parties may be rather high, in particular if the law suit is not limited to Germany, …

Due Diligence

We assist our clients in assessing third parties’ protective rights portfolios including data room visits and providing opinions on protective rights management, on the validity of patents and granting prospects …