Competencies of Banse & Steglich Patent Attorneys

We advise, support and represent your interest in obtaining, defending and enforcing your intellectual property rights. Our services are:

Developing your intellectual property rights portfolio

Developing strategies to guard innovation and investment
Identifying significant innovations
Choosing the appropriate application procedure and type of intellectual property rights
Preparing and prosecuting applications
Implementing German Employee Inventions Act

Defending your intellectual property rights

Legal representation in opposition, nullity and cancellation proceedings before the European and German patent offices and court
Providing expert opinion on the legality of intellectual property rights

Enforcing your intellectual property rights against third parties

Providing expert opinion on any potential infringement
Preparing and prosecuting extrajudicial proceedings
Offering legal representation for infringement proceedings
Obtaining preliminary injunctions
Enforcing confiscation laws at borders, harbors, airports, trade fairs and exhibitions through customs and law enforcement

Exploiting your intellectual property rights

Consulting in licensing negotiations
Preparing and analyzing licensing and exploitation agreements
IP consulting in mergers and acquisitions

Defending against third party intellectual property rights

Offering legal representation for infringement proceedings
Providing expert opinion on any potential infringement on third party intellectual property rights (freedom to operate) and defending against these rights
Providing extrajudicial settlements and consultation in licensing negotiations

Evaluating intellectual property rights

Providing expert opinion on the legality of individual intellectual property rights
Preparing due diligence reports for intellectual property rights and an intellectual property rights portfolio