Copy­right & indus­tri­al pro­per­ty rights

Copy­right basi­cal­ly pro­tects every per­so­nal intellec­tu­al crea­ti­on. Sin­ce the inser­ti­on of com­pu­ter pro­grams into the area of copy­right pro­tec­tion, all indi­vi­du­al works in the field of cul­tu­re and infor­ma­ti­on tech­no­lo­gy have to be con­side­red as pro­tec­ted objects.
In addi­ti­on, copy­right law also reco­g­ni­s­es num­e­rous so-cal­led ancil­la­ry copy­rights. The best known is the pro­tec­tion of pho­to­graphs, which means that every simp­le pho­to enjoys copy­right protection.

Intellec­tu­al pro­per­ty rights, inclu­ding copy­right, ser­ve to safe­guard tech­ni­cal, aes­the­tic and intellec­tu­al know-how as well as the pro­tec­tion of trade­marks. In addi­ti­on, com­pe­ti­ti­on law regu­la­tes the con­duct of the mar­ket, in par­ti­cu­lar of com­pe­ting com­pa­nies. The enti­re area of intellec­tu­al pro­per­ty pro­tec­tion, inclu­ding copy­right and com­pe­ti­ti­on law, is of enorm­ous importance in com­mer­cial tran­sac­tions, not least becau­se a company’s intellec­tu­al know-how is one of its most valuable assets.

Our inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry team is expe­ri­en­ced in repre­sen­ting your inte­rests and advi­sing you on all copy­right mat­ters. This appli­es to both busi­ness-rele­vant and pri­va­te mat­ters con­cer­ning the pro­tec­tion of intellec­tu­al pro­per­ty. We pur­sue the vio­la­ti­on of your rights in a tar­ge­ted man­ner and with the neces­sa­ry speed and we assist you in the out-of-court and judi­cial enforcement.

We also sup­port you in con­nec­tion with the defence of a war­ning let­ter or a legal cla­im from copy­rights, wher­eby the focus of our advice is always direc­ted to a solu­ti­on of the dis­pu­te that is in line with your inte­rests and eco­no­mic­al­ly justifiable.

Our goal is to secu­re your intellec­tu­al, tech­ni­cal and crea­ti­ve achie­ve­ments in the best pos­si­ble way and to avert and punish unaut­ho­ri­zed inter­ven­ti­ons of third par­ties wit­hout delay. Pro­fes­sio­nal com­pe­tence and the secu­re hand­ling of pro­ce­du­ral pecu­lia­ri­ties in liti­ga­ti­on for indus­tri­al pro­per­ty rights ensu­re that you enjoy the bene­fit of your invest­ments alone.