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HEUKING is one of Germany’s largest law firms with a substantial Media, IP and IT department. The firm advises and represents its clients in all kinds of IP matters. The areas listed below are therefore not exhaustive. Soft IP / Trademarks, Design Law, Copyright Law and Unfair Competition Heukings Practice Group IP, Media and Technology comprises of seven expertise groups, the biggest one being „Soft IP“, covering trademark and design law, copyrights and unfair competition law. The group offers in depth expertise in all these areas, Practice Group co-leader Dominik Eickemeier confirms: „Our experienced partners managed to build a strong team enabling younger colleagues to grow and learn on the job rather than requiring them to write assessments with no client contact.“. Well-known partners like Christian Spintig (Hamburg), Georg Jacobs (Düsseldorf) and Thorsten Wieland (Frankfurt) support the team building by encouraging newcomers to work on major cases. Registering, protecting and maintaining trademarks and designs The team offers all services required to build and maintain trademark and design portfolios, including the defense of the clients‘ rights in all kinds of administrative proceedings. In the event of a collision with other IP rights, negotiating delimitation solutions or representing its clients before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office or the European Union Intellectual Property Office is the group’s daily work. With partners abroad, Heuking also secures its clients‘ ip rights worldwide. Defending our clients‘ IP rights against competitors and others Representation in court: The group members are admitted to and well-known at all important courts nationwide. They are familiar with regional peculiarities of interim legal protection, thus avoiding pitfalls. Protection against dilution: For companies that, as trademark owners, fall victim to counterfeiting, the group conducts serial civil litigation against infringers. The Soft IP group has implemented enforcement programs to counteract the dilution of valuable trademark and design assets. Out-of-court settlement: In addition, Soft IP advises and represent its clients in domain disputes before national and international arbitration courts, where Dominik Eickemeier also acts as arbitrator.One of the teams specializes in combating product piracy. This includes strategic advice on product identification solutions, helping the clients and the investigating authorities to successfully take action against counterfeit goods, unauthorized parallel imports, or other unlawful activities. Designing the clients‘ business In addition to legal disputes, the Soft IP group also advises its clients in contractual matters and drafts license agreements, supervises licensing relationships, or helps with designing distribution systems. Jointly with the Heuking specialist lawyers in distribution law and antitrust law, they develop distribution agreements, for example for franchising or store-in-store concepts. Patent Law / Patent Litigation With years of experience in patent litigation, HEUKING’s patent team has a proven track record of successfully defending and enforcing patents across a wide range of industries before the German national courts, the European Patent Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office and more recently also the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The team combines deep technical knowledge with strategic legal acumen to navigate the complexities of patent disputes, ensuring that the client’s industrial property rights are robustly protected. All team members are actively involved in various cases before the new Unified Patent Court (UPC), showcasing their strong technical understanding and seamless integration into the new legal framework.Under the leadership of Anton Horn, HEUKING's patent team has grown significantly in recent years. All lawyers are Certified Specialist Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law (Fachanwälte für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz) and all team members are registered representatives with the Unified Patent Court (UPC) since its inception in 2023. Patent Prosecution While HEUKING’s patent prosecution practice is relatively new, having been established just a few years ago, it is rapidly gaining recognition for its excellence and effectiveness. The team of skilled patent attorneys and paralegals is adept at guiding clients through the patent application process, from the initial filing to final grant. They work closely with inventors and businesses to draft, file, and prosecute patents that stand up to scrutiny and provide strong protection in the marketplace. This expansion aligns with HEUKING's full-service approach, providing clients with expertise in both patent litigation and prosecution, a combination highly valued by the market. International Network HEUKING’s patent team has also supported clients in proceedings across Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as globally. The team regularly works in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese. As a member of the World Services Group (WSG) network, HEUKING has access to top-tier patent litigators worldwide, allowing the firm to manage and coordinate international or cross-border proceedings effectively.

Boutique firm IPrime fields a team of leading patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law with extensive experience in dealing with complex national and cross-border intellectual property matters across a broad range of technologies. Relying on a unique combination of experienced business lawyers and litigators, patent attorneys and technology experts, IPrime is able to offer high-end legal and strategic advice and advocacy services in connection with the protection and commercialization of innovations, investments into technology, as well as complex IP and commercial disputes. Key strengths of the team are its independence and close collaboration between Swiss and European patent attorneys with a profound understanding of technology and science (including AI, robotics, big data, cyberphysical systems and block chain, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, chemicals and biotechnology as well as medical technology), and highly experienced dispute resolution specialists, who routinely represent parties in legal proceedings before courts, authorities and arbitral tribunals. IPrime has for years regularly handled a relevant share of all patent litigation matters in front of the Swiss Federal Patent Court. As a part-time judge at the Federal Patent Court and experienced patent litigator, Dr. Rudolf A. Rentsch is involved in many high-stake patent cases in various technology sectors, while Dr. Moritz Kälin, Thomas Kretschmer and Martin Willy bring a wealth of experience in their respective scientific fields as well as in all aspects of patent law. Dr. Rudolf A. Rentsch, Dr. Ronny D. Banchik, Dr. Raphael Zingg and Ernst J. Brem are experienced commercial lawyers, advising clients in contract negotiations and representing them particularly in IP disputes. This interdisciplinarity, as well as the many years of experience which its lawyers gained in other firms and in in-house roles in the technology sector, allows IPrime to provide cutting-edge legal and strategic support to domestic and international clients at the intersection of technology and law. Other key differentiators are the boutique structure and the discretion and substantially reduced risk of conflicts of interest, thanks to which IPrime can provide a broad range of services in contentious matters, from counsel mandates in litigation and arbitration, over strategic advisory in IP matters to settlement facilitation in situations requiring not only legal knowledge but also a thorough understanding of the underlying technical and commercial issues. IPrime’s IP department covers both patent prosecution and patent litigation cases at Swiss, European and international level, providing strategic and legal advice with respect to the protection of intellectual property, whether under patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, design or unfair competition laws. In particular, IPrime frequently advises IP departments of large leading global high-tech companies as well as SMEs, universities and start-ups in all areas of IP. IPrime also offers comprehensive services for the registration and administration of patent and trademark portfolios throughout Europe and overseas. In addition, IPrime’s patent attorneys and lawyers regularly assist clients in complex IP disputes, particularly in the patent area, and have accompanied a number of companies in patent cases in the U.S., China, Japan as well as many countries within Europe, in particular Germany and England. IPrime also routinely advises on the commercialization of intellectual property and related financing and structuring considerations and has set up a partnership with a large Swiss tax and accounting firm to assist companies in the tax-optimal structuring of patent portfolios, in accordance with the so-called patent boxes into Swiss law. Since many years, IPrime also runs a China desk and has strong connections to Japan. IPrime has offices each in the heart of the cities of Zurich and Dusseldorf and since summer 2021 in Liechtenstein.

Boutique firm IPrime fields a team of leading patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law with extensive experience in dealing with complex national and cross-border intellectual property matters across a broad range of technologies. Relying on a unique combination of experienced business lawyers and litigators, patent attorneys and technology experts, IPrime is able to offer high-end legal and strategic advice and advocacy services in connection with the protection and commercialization of innovations, investments into technology, as well as complex IP and commercial disputes. Key strengths of the team are its independence and close collaboration between Swiss and European patent attorneys with a profound understanding of technology and science (including AI, robotics, big data, cyberphysical systems and block chain, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, chemicals and biotechnology as well as medical technology), and highly experienced dispute resolution specialists, who routinely represent parties in legal proceedings before courts, authorities and arbitral tribunals. IPrime has for years regularly handled a relevant share of all patent litigation matters in front of the Swiss Federal Patent Court. As a part-time judge at the Federal Patent Court and experienced patent litigator, Dr. Rudolf A. Rentsch is involved in many high-stake patent cases in various technology sectors, while Dr. Moritz Kälin, Thomas Kretschmer and Martin Willy bring a wealth of experience in their respective scientific fields as well as in all aspects of patent law. Dr. Rudolf A. Rentsch, Dr. Ronny D. Banchik, Dr. Raphael Zingg and Ernst J. Brem are experienced commercial lawyers, advising clients in contract negotiations and representing them particularly in IP disputes. This interdisciplinarity, as well as the many years of experience which its lawyers gained in other firms and in in-house roles in the technology sector, allows IPrime to provide cutting-edge legal and strategic support to domestic and international clients at the intersection of technology and law. Other key differentiators are the boutique structure and the discretion and substantially reduced risk of conflicts of interest, thanks to which IPrime can provide a broad range of services in contentious matters, from counsel mandates in litigation and arbitration, over strategic advisory in IP matters to settlement facilitation in situations requiring not only legal knowledge but also a thorough understanding of the underlying technical and commercial issues. IPrime’s IP department covers both patent prosecution and patent litigation cases at Swiss, European and international level, providing strategic and legal advice with respect to the protection of intellectual property, whether under patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, design or unfair competition laws. In particular, IPrime frequently advises IP departments of large leading global high-tech companies as well as SMEs, universities and start-ups in all areas of IP. IPrime also offers comprehensive services for the registration and administration of patent and trademark portfolios throughout Europe and overseas. In addition, IPrime’s patent attorneys and lawyers regularly assist clients in complex IP disputes, particularly in the patent area, and have accompanied a number of companies in patent cases in the U.S., China, Japan as well as many countries within Europe, in particular Germany and England. IPrime also routinely advises on the commercialization of intellectual property and related financing and structuring considerations and has set up a partnership with a large Swiss tax and accounting firm to assist companies in the tax-optimal structuring of patent portfolios, in accordance with the so-called patent boxes into Swiss law. Since many years, IPrime also runs a China desk and has strong connections to Japan. IPrime has offices each in the heart of the cities of Zurich and Dusseldorf and since summer 2021 in Liechtenstein.

Boutique firm IPrime fields a team of leading patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law with extensive experience in dealing with complex national and cross-border intellectual property matters across a broad range of technologies. Relying on a unique combination of experienced business lawyers and litigators, patent attorneys and technology experts, IPrime is able to offer high-end legal and strategic advice and advocacy services in connection with the protection and commercialization of innovations, investments into technology, as well as complex IP and commercial disputes. Key strengths of the team are its independence and close collaboration between Swiss and European patent attorneys with a profound understanding of technology and science (including AI, robotics, big data, cyberphysical systems and block chain, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, chemicals and biotechnology as well as medical technology), and highly experienced dispute resolution specialists, who routinely represent parties in legal proceedings before courts, authorities and arbitral tribunals. IPrime has for years regularly handled a relevant share of all patent litigation matters in front of the Swiss Federal Patent Court. As a part-time judge at the Federal Patent Court and experienced patent litigator, Dr. Rudolf A. Rentsch is involved in many high-stake patent cases in various technology sectors, while Dr. Moritz Kälin, Thomas Kretschmer and Martin Willy bring a wealth of experience in their respective scientific fields as well as in all aspects of patent law. Dr. Rudolf A. Rentsch, Dr. Ronny D. Banchik, Dr. Raphael Zingg and Ernst J. Brem are experienced commercial lawyers, advising clients in contract negotiations and representing them particularly in IP disputes. This interdisciplinarity, as well as the many years of experience which its lawyers gained in other firms and in in-house roles in the technology sector, allows IPrime to provide cutting-edge legal and strategic support to domestic and international clients at the intersection of technology and law. Other key differentiators are the boutique structure and the discretion and substantially reduced risk of conflicts of interest, thanks to which IPrime can provide a broad range of services in contentious matters, from counsel mandates in litigation and arbitration, over strategic advisory in IP matters to settlement facilitation in situations requiring not only legal knowledge but also a thorough understanding of the underlying technical and commercial issues. IPrime’s IP department covers both patent prosecution and patent litigation cases at Swiss, European and international level, providing strategic and legal advice with respect to the protection of intellectual property, whether under patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, design or unfair competition laws. In particular, IPrime frequently advises IP departments of large leading global high-tech companies as well as SMEs, universities and start-ups in all areas of IP. IPrime also offers comprehensive services for the registration and administration of patent and trademark portfolios throughout Europe and overseas. In addition, IPrime’s patent attorneys and lawyers regularly assist clients in complex IP disputes, particularly in the patent area, and have accompanied a number of companies in patent cases in the U.S., China, Japan as well as many countries within Europe, in particular Germany and England. IPrime also routinely advises on the commercialization of intellectual property and related financing and structuring considerations and has set up a partnership with a large Swiss tax and accounting firm to assist companies in the tax-optimal structuring of patent portfolios, in accordance with the so-called patent boxes into Swiss law. Since many years, IPrime also runs a China desk and has strong connections to Japan. IPrime has offices each in the heart of the cities of Zurich and Dusseldorf and since summer 2021 in Liechtenstein.

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