Scope of the Area of Expertise
Licensing Contracts
Licenses taken and granted, as well as cross license agreements, on patents and / or other technical IP rights and know-how, including settlements after breach of contract disputes.
Purchase Contracts
Acquisition and sale of intellectual property rights and / or know-how
Co-operation
Contracts on technical co-operation in research and / or development between two or more parties on equal footing, with individual or collaborative use of results, also including contracts within German or European R&D funding programs
Paid-for R&D
Agreements on R&D against payment (granted and taken), where commercial undertakings are principals, and either commercial undertakings or academic bodies are contractors
Confidentiality
Unilateral declarations of reservation of rights, as well as bi- or multilateral non disclosure agreements ("NDA")