How can we assist?

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  Advice on intellectual property matters

  We assist in negotiations and help you in drafting contract documentation or other legal documents related to particular IP rights and other legal documents.

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  IP rights enforcement and litigation

  We represent our clients in disputes and ADR procedures relating to IP rights and unfair competition or in customs proceedings mainly in counterfeiting issues.

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  Patents and designs

  We arrange for protection of inventions in the form of granted patents and designs covering all industrial sectors both in CZ and abroad. We process international patent applications.

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  Trademarks

  We provide for trademark rights protection including protection of slogans or claims both in CZ and abroad. Our services comprise searches and assessment of registration possibilities.

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  Trademark monitoring

  We perform monitoring of trademarks to ensure timely filing oppositions against registration of identical or confusingly similar trademarks.

We specialize in protecting
intellectual property.

• Trademarks

  • Performing database searches before filing trademark applications to detect identical or confusingly similar designations in trademark databases.
  • Consultations and opinions regarding registration eligibility of trademarks.
  • Legal services in trademark registration proceedings before the Czech Intellectual Property Office (ÚPV CR).
  • Legal services in international trademark registration proceedings, handling temporary suspension of validity in the CR and abroad, representation of clients before the World Intellectual Property Organization.
  • Legal services in trademark registration proceedings in the EU, representation of clients before EUIPO.
  • Representing clients in disputes before the Czech Intellectual Property Office (opposition proceedings, revocation proceedings and proceedings to declare a trademark invalid), including administrative actions against decisions of the Czech Intellectual Property Office.
  • Representing clients in disputes before the EUIPO (opposition proceedings, revocation proceedings and proceedings to declare a trademark invalid).
  • Trademark monitoring to ensure timely filing of notices of opposition against registration of identical or confusingly similar trademarks.
  • Drafting contract documentation (e.g. licence agreements, coexistence agreements or settlement agreements) and other relevant legal documents.
  • Representation of clients in court proceedings as well as ADR procedures.

• Patents and designs

  • Protection in the Czech Republic – national patent applications.
  • Arranging foreign patent applications – national applications in respective countries, including USA, international patent applications (PCT applications, European patent applications, representation before WIPO and EPO).
  • Supplementary Protection Certificates
  • Arranging validation of European patents.
  • Services covering patent database searches, research of professional literature and online sources, monitoring patents and providing services aimed at protecting original products from passing off and counterfeiting.
  • Services related to annuity payments for patents / European patents, filing applications to extend the terms of utility designs.
  • Representation in proceedings to revoke a patent, to determine a claim and in patent-related disputes in court, negotiations on alternative dispute resolution.
  • Drafting contract documentation (e.g. licence agreements, coexistence agreements, or settlement agreements) and other legal documents.

• Industrial designs

  • Legal services in industrial design registration proceedings in the Czech Republic.
  • Filing industrial design applications abroad (Registered Community Design – provides protection throughout the EU, national applications of industrial designs in individual countries including the USA or China, international industrial design).
  • Search of industrial design databases or other online sources, where appropriate, to confirm if the design meets the criteria of novelty and individuality.
  • Services related to renewal of industrial designs and payment of annuities.
  • Representation on proceedings to revoke an industrial design.
  • Searching and monitoring industrial designs.
  • Representation in industrial design-related disputes in court, negotiations on alternative dispute resolution.
  • Drafting contract documentation (e.g. licence agreements, coexistence agreements, or settlement agreements) and other legal documents.

• Copyright

  • Representation in copyright disputes – representation of authors in both court and ADR proceedings in connection with their rights under copyright regulations.
  • Drafting contract documentation (e.g. licence agreements, coexistence agreements, or settlement agreements) and other legal documents.

• Intellectual property rights enforcement

  • Representation of clients in disputes on infringement of trademark rights, patents, utility and industrial designs, unregistered designations and/or business names.
  • Representing clients in counterfeiting matters – drafting expert statements and opinions on detained goods, preparation of customs measures intended to protect industrial rights, litigating in order to determine infringement of intellectual property rights and other acts as part of the customs procedure, including representation of the injured party in criminal proceedings.
  • Representing clients in unfair competition disputes (defence against deceptive advertising and misleading of consumers, defence against unfair and deceptive business practices, defence against counterfeits, passing off and freeloading on brands or products)
  • Legal assistance in domain-related disputes.

• Evaluation of intangible assets and intellectual property by a certified expert

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