Blog - Patents, Trademarks & Designs
Patents and trademarks as collateral for loans
Philipp Henrichs - 6. August 2025
In addition to tangible assets such as machinery or real estate, companies can also use their IP rights as collateral for financing. Potential IP assets to be valued include not only trademarks, patents, copyrights, designs, and data, but also confidential information, expertise, and trade secrets.
Patentverletzungen und rechtliche Handlungsmöglichkeiten (GERMAN)
Justus Kreuels - 9. July 2025
Was tun bei einer Patentverletzung? Die gerichtliche Durchsetzung von Patenten erfordert strategische Planung und sorgfältige Vorbereitung. Ob Abmahnung, einstweilige Verfügung oder Klage – es gibt verschiedene Möglichkeiten, um gegen eine Verletzung vorzugehen. Wichtig ist eine fundierte rechtliche Einschätzung, um Risiken zu minimieren - und Erfolgschancen realistisch einzuschätzen und gezielt nutzen zu können.
Trademark infringement at trade fairs: The preliminary injunction
Philipp Henrichs - 5. May 2025
If an entrepreneur discovers an infringement of intellectual property rights (such as trademark, design, or patent infringement) at a trade fair, a preliminary injunction can be a swift and effective means to avert economic disadvantages for their company and to enforce injunctive relief claims on short notice.
EPA Patent Index 2024
Justus Kreuels - 15. April 2025
The further development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is reflected in the rise of computer technology as the numerically strongest area for EU patent applications in 2024.
Patents in the EU: protection and registration
Justus Kreuels - 27. February 2025
Technical inventions (products or processes) can be protected by a patent under certain conditions. A patent can be applied for in one or more EU countries. International patent protection for EU countries is also possible via the European Patent.
Assessing the patentability of an invention: prior art search
Justus Kreuels - 8. January 2025
In patent law, prior art refers to all information and publications on a technical invention that were available to the public at the time the patent application was filed.