{"id":3017,"date":"2021-10-01T13:14:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T11:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/?page_id=3017"},"modified":"2021-12-07T16:06:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T15:06:32","slug":"patent-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/en\/expertise\/intellectual-property-law\/patent-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Patent Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3017\" class=\"elementor elementor-3017\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24034a4 mb-section-medium mb-margin-bottom-75 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24034a4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7338073\" data-id=\"7338073\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166e538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"166e538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bild-farbig-patent-law-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4619\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bild-farbig-patent-law-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bild-farbig-patent-law-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bild-farbig-patent-law-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bild-farbig-patent-law-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bild-farbig-patent-law.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29cc9f3 mb-links-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29cc9f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" contenteditable=\"true\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Legal representation in Patent Disputes\u200b<\/h2><p>It does not matter if your company wants to enforce its patents against patent infringers or if your company wants to defend itself against patent claims of others. It also does not matter, if German patents or utility models, European patents or internationally registered patents are at stake in the individual case: the attorneys of\u00a0<strong>ZELLER &amp; SEYFERT<\/strong>\u00a0will proficiently represent your company in any constellation and in all forms of patent litigation before German patent courts and before the German and European patent offices.<\/p><p>In our law firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/litigators\/dr-christian-seyfert\/\">Attorney at Law Dr. Christian Seyfert, LL.M. (USA)<\/a>\u00a0will handle the patent case of your company. Christian is a Certified IP Law Specialist as well as a Certified Copyright &amp; Media Law Specialist. He has represented companies in patent cases in Germany, before the European Patent Office (EPO) and on an international scale for many years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c979f2a mb-links-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c979f2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Legal representation before German Patent Courts<\/h2><p>In Germany, patent cases and cases about utility models are decided in the first instance by two different courts: Either by the Federal Patent Court in Munich or by a civil chamber at a locally competent civil district court. This dichotomy has a long tradition in German patent law. The tradition is based on the notion that decisions of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) shall be reviewed on appeal by a specially created patent court, namely, the Federal Patent Court in Munich.<\/p><h2>Legal representation before the Federal Patent Court in Munich<\/h2><p>The Federal Patent Court in Munich decides about certain patent appeals in German patent cases when an infringed party wants to check whether a certain decision of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) was legally and factually correct.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/litigators\/dr-christian-seyfert\/\">Attorney at Law Dr. Christian Seyfert, LL.M. (USA)<\/a>\u00a0has fought for his corporate clients for years in patent proceedings before the Federal Patent Court in Munich. The Federal Patent Court has jurisdiction in patent cases in particular in the following situations:<\/p><ul><li>Proceedings for the declaration of invalidity of a patent or a supplementary protection certificate<\/li><li>Appeals against decisions of examination offices and patent departments of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)<\/li><li>Appeals against decisions of the utility model agencies of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)<\/li><li>The DPMA refuses to register a German patent or utility model<\/li><li>Granting of compulsory patent licenses (compulsory patent licensing)<\/li><\/ul><h2>Legal representation before the civil chambers of German civil courts<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/litigators\/dr-christian-seyfert\/\">Attorney Dr. Christian Seyfert, LL.M. (USA)<\/a>\u00a0regularly represents his corporate clients also before the civil chambers of German civil courts which are responsible for disputes on patents and utility models in certain cases. In particular in the following situations, the German civil courts are responsible to decide about disputes on patents and utility models:<\/p><ul><li>Injunctive relief against the continued unauthorized use of your patents and utility models<\/li><li>Requests for information from the infringer of your patents and utility models on the nature and extent of the unauthorized use of your patents and utility models (right to information)<\/li><li>Claims for damages, in particular profits made \u200b\u200bby the infringer of your patents and utility models and compensation according to the license analogy principle (damages for infringement of your patents and utility models)<\/li><li>Claims against the infringer of your patents and utility models to destruct or recall illegally manufactured or distributed products which are the subject of the patent or utility model of your company (destruction and recall rights concerning products which are the subject of the patent or utility model)<\/li><li>Claim against the infringer of your patents and utility models to submit certain bank, financial or commercial documents (submission of certain documents)<\/li><li>Claim against the infringer of your patents and utility models to tolerate the inspection of an object which is at the infringer\u2019s disposal if this is required to establish your rights as an owner of a patent or a utility model (right of inspection)<\/li><li>Claim to give notice of the court verdict in the patent case \/ utility model case to the public at the expense of the infringer of your patents and utility models (publication of verdict)<\/li><\/ul><h2>Legal representation before German patent courts of higher instances (German courts of last resort)<\/h2><p>If it becomes necessary, our attorneys will expertly represent your company in patent cases and utility model cases before German courts of higher instances (German courts of last resort):<\/p><ul><li>Appellate proceedings before the Federal Supreme Court in Germany in patent cases \/ utility model cases against decisions of the Federal Patent Court<\/li><li>Appellate proceedings before all Higher Regional Courts in Germany against decisions on patent cases \/ utility model cases of the civil chambers of German district courts<\/li><\/ul><p>If \u2013 until now \u2013 your company has been unsuccessfully represented in a dispute on patents or utility models by another law firm, it may be a good idea to change course and have the patent case or utility model case handled by a different law firm. Our attorneys make the offer to your company to analyze your patent case \/ utility model case in detail and give your company a detailed expert opinion on whether an appeal against the patent decision \/ utility model decision of the first instance has reasonably good chances of success before an Appellate Court in Germany. Our attorneys are familiar with appellate proceedings in patent cases \/ utility model cases before German courts of higher instances. Our attorneys are easy to talk to. Please just\u00a0<a class=\"popup-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/contact\/\" data-area-id=\"#divi-area-contact-24-7\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0for a discussion about your case on patents \/ utility models.<\/p><h2>Legal representation in Summary Proceedings (Speedy Trials)<\/h2><p>If somebody has infringed upon your patent rights, urgent legal action is regularly needed to stop further patent violations at the expense of your company.\u00a0<strong>ZELLER &amp; SEYFERT<\/strong>\u2019s attorneys will quickly enforce the patent rights of your company. Our attorneys will in particular seek an immediate injunction in a speedy trial (summary proceeding) before the competent German patent court in order to stop ongoing patent violations. Please just\u00a0<a class=\"popup-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/contact\/\" data-area-id=\"#divi-area-contact-24-7\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0to discuss details about your patent case with our attorneys.<\/p><h2>Legal representation before the German and European Patent Offices<\/h2><p>Our attorneys will also represent your company in patent disputes before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) and the European Patent Office (EPO), essentially in the following patent proceedings:<\/p><ul><li>Patent or utility model opposition proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)<\/li><li>Patent opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO)<\/li><li>Appellate patent proceedings before the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO)<\/li><\/ul><p>Our attorneys will also represent your company in patent litigation proceedings before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva (Switzerland).<\/p><h2>Warning Letters \u2013 Legal representation out of court<\/h2><p>The owners of patents and utility models generally have the burden \u2013 according to German civil law \u2013 to first send a warning letter out of court to the party which violates the patent or utility model. This warning letter shall achieve three things: First, it shall inform the party which violates the patent or utility model about its patent or utility model violations; second, it shall seek a settlement between the parties; and, third, it shall seek an end to the patent and utility model violations for the future. Rushing with a patent case \/ utility model case to a German patent court without prior demanding from the party which violates the patent or utility model to cease and desist from its patent or utility model infringements may otherwise result in your company having to pay the fees and costs of the entire lawsuit (court fees and attorney fees of both parties), even if your company later wins the lawsuit about the patent or utility model.<\/p><h2>Border Seizures Procedures in Germany (Customs)<\/h2><p>Particularly successful patent protected products are often cheaply and illegally pirated and counterfeited by product pirates.\u00a0<strong>ZELLER &amp; SEYFERT<\/strong>\u00a0will help your company to intercept the counterfeited products at the German border with the support and assistance of the German customs authorities. Our attorneys will then also have the products which violate the patents of your company destroyed right at the German border. For more information please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zellerseyfert.com\/expertise\/intellectual-property-law\/border-seizure-procedures-customs\/\">Border Seizure Procedures by the German Customs Authorities<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal representation in Patent Disputes\u200b It does not matter if your company wants to enforce its patents against patent infringers or if your company wants to defend itself against patent claims of others. 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