I am Rolf Claessen, Partner with Michalski Hüttermann & Partner, and in this article, I explain what a patent attorney is. I explain At least in Germany, a patent attorney is specialized in the fields of patents, trademark, and designs. In fact, patent attorneys are not even allowed to practice in other fields of law … Read more
BREXIT – Implications for Patents, Trademarks and Designs A Detailed Guide (BREXIT Deal and No-Deal, December 2019) This article provides comprehensive information on the subject of intellectual property rights in BREXIT and is regularly updated. What happens to your patents, trademarks and designs after the BREXIT – if there is a deal with the EU … Read more
How do you circumvent competitors’ patents? In this article, I will discuss how to circumvent patents, how the scope of protection of a patent claim is basically determined, what equivalent patent infringement is and which features have to be designed differently in the circumvention solution in order to get out of the scope of protection … Read more
First of all, it must be clear what the patent search is for. I present the two most common types of patent search in this article: 1) the prior art search and 2) the freedom-to-operate search (FTO, availability) For a patent search, I recommend consulting a patent attorney, as they may be better able to … Read more
A patent application is used to apply for protection for a new technology. The patent registration is then examined at the patent office. The examination procedure then usually takes 2 to 4 years and the patent is granted or the patent registration is rejected. In this article, I explain what a patent registration is, how … Read more
