As assets held by a company, industrial property rights continue to gain significance. It is accordingly important to protect innovations as best as possible, to develop strategies for their use and to successfully prevent violations of the law. The German lawyers of WilmerHale advise and represent companies, associations, universities and research institutes in all aspects of industrial property rights and intellectual property law, often working together with lawyers from our international practice group.

We possess industry-specific knowledge for advising publishing houses and biotechnology and information technology firms.

Focuses of our practice include:

• Developing strategies to register and enforce all industrial property rights
• Trademark registrations
• Advising in all intellectual property matters
• Reviewing, processing and negotiating complex and cross-border license, distribution and technology transfer contracts
• Assisting in IT projects, from the tendering procedure to structuring the agreement to project implementation
• Representing our clients in patent infringement proceedings and in disputes under competition, intellectual property and trademark laws