Patents / utility models

Patent and utility model protection concerns the protection of technical inventions, whereby a utility model is often referred to as the little brother of the patent. At the beginning of any idea with commercial exploitation interest, the inventor should make key considerations:

It can often make sense to initially only apply for individual property rights in order to be able to decide at a later stage to extend the scope of protection in terms of subject matter and geography.

A common, crucial mistake is still to present the technical invention to potential cooperation partners without effective protection of the secret or a corresponding application for industrial property rights, as the novelty of the invention is then no longer a prerequisite for registrability and the idea can no longer be effectively protected.

LuxLaw-IP also assists in opposition and nullity proceedings before the respective patent offices and courts if an individual contractual solution cannot be reached in individual cases.

Another focus of LuxLaw-IP is the judicial assertion or defense of patent claims, in particular

before the competent patent litigation chambers of the Regional Courts and Higher Regional Courts, in particular also in preliminary injunction proceedings and enforcement matters.