SEYFRIED IP is the patent law firm of
Dr. Daniel Seyfried in Oberursel (Taunus), Germany.

If you or your client wish to pursue patent protection before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) or the European Patent Office (EPO), either by filing an application claiming priority from an earlier foreign application or by entering the German national or European regional phase of an international application under the PCT, SEYFRIED IP handles the application filing or phase entry on your behalf.

SEYFRIED IP coordinates the documents required for the respective steps, arranges translations where necessary and adapts the application documents to meet the applicable formal requirements. Following filing or national/regional phase entry, SEYFRIED IP handles the prosecution of the application before the GPTO or EPO in close coordination with you.

Working closely with you, SEYFRIED IP analyzes the technical aspects of your invention that are relevant to patent protection and, based on this, develops a protection and filing strategy for both domestic and international markets, tailored to your commercial objectives and the relevant prior art.

SEYFRIED IP prepares the documents required for the patent application and manages the subsequent examination procedure in close cooperation with you and with the aim of achieving the best possible protection for you and your company.

In post-grant proceedings, SEYFRIED IP supports you in opposition, cancellation and nullity proceedings, both in defending your own patent rights and in invalidating and avoiding conflicting third-party patent rights.

SEYFRIED IP advises you on the selection and specification of appropriate goods and services, also taking into account the distinctiveness of your sign, on the appropriate form of the trademark, and on the options for using national trademarks, European Union trademarks and international registrations either individually or in combination.

SEYFRIED IP prepares the required application documents and handles the subsequent examination procedures before the competent offices. In opposition and cancellation proceedings, SEYFRIED IP supports you both in defending your own trademark rights and in invalidating and avoiding conflicting third-party trademark rights.

SEYFRIED IP advises you on developing a suitable design protection strategy, taking into account the optimal representation of your product’s aesthetic appearance. Different embodiments and the options for national, European and international applications are also taken into account.

SEYFRIED IP prepares the required application documents and handles the subsequent registration procedure before the relevant authorities. In cancellation and invalidity proceedings, SEYFRIED IP supports you both in defending your own design rights and in invalidating conflicting third-party design rights.

SEYFRIED IP supports you in setting up an in-house reporting system and in implementing suitable structures to ensure that the legally prescribed procedures for employee inventions are structured in a legally compliant and economically efficient manner. SEYFRIED IP also handles the determination and monitoring of remuneration payments for you and supports you in defending against unjustified claims.

In the context of research and development (R&D) collaborations with other companies and universities, SEYFRIED IP reviews your contracts and, where necessary, proposes amendments to ensure that the work results can be exploited in accordance with your interests.

SEYFRIED IP advises you on contracts in which industrial property rights are relevant or may become relevant, and drafts individual and context-specific agreements for you to safeguard your present and future interests.

This includes, in particular, agreements concerning the exchange of confidential documents and know-how with potential collaboration and business partners, as well as the out-licensing of your own intellectual property rights or the licensing of third-party intellectual property rights.

SEYFRIED IP conducts prior-art searches on your new technical developments to better assess the prospects of success for planned patent applications. For planned trademark and design applications, identity and similarity searches provide a comparable basis for decision-making.

With freedom-to-operate (FTO) searches, SEYFRIED IP in turn supports you in identifying relevant third-party intellectual property rights. On this basis, you can adapt your technical developments, choices of names or aesthetic designs in line with the current intellectual property landscape or, if necessary, take action against conflicting intellectual property rights, thereby safeguarding your freedom to operate.

SEYFRIED IP also offers continuous monitoring of third-party intellectual property applications. This enables you to keep track of your competitors’ new technological developments and identify identical or similar trademark and design applications at an early stage, so that you can take action against conflicting intellectual property rights where necessary.

SEYFRIED IP advises you on enforcing your own intellectual property rights and on defending against third-party claims, including preventive measures and provisional legal protection by means of preliminary injunctions.

Here, a particular focus of SEYFRIED IP’s activities is on the review and assessment of specific or threatened actions in the light of the relevant intellectual property rights. In addition, SEYFRIED IP supports you in identifying patent-infringing products from competitors at trade fairs and having them removed at an early stage.