New ideas and inventions provide a competitive advantage. However, in order to maintain these advantages, it is essential to protect these ideas and inventions. In many cases, an appropriate protection is a patent or a patent application, which prevents the competitor to practice the invention. And sometimes, a design or a trademark provides an appropriate, cost-efficient protection.
We help you with a competent consulting to clarify open questions and to define an optimal protection.
Patent Protection
In order to register an invention for a patent, the invention must be novel and inventive. In addition, it must have a technical character.
It is our wish is to offer your company comprehensive support in all aspects of intellectual property and to afford your immaterial goods, in particular your inventions, maximum protection. This includes – among other things:
- Drafting and filing patent applications and supervising the examination proceedings up to the granting of the patents
- Performing opposition and appeal procedures before the European Patent Office
- Producing opinions, in particular Freedom-to-Operate (FtO) opinions to ensure e.g. that a new product may be launched without a patent infringement
- Performing patent infringement suits, with the support of a lawyer if required
- Monitoring property rights of third parties
- Creating a patent strategy specific to your company
- Providing advice and support for any contract issues, in particular non-disclosure agreements and joint development agreements
As a patent attorney is Dr. Robert Koelliker entitled to represent you before the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE) and, as a European patent attorney, before the European Patent Office (EPO) as well as before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Where required, I liaise with correspondent attorneys worldwide.
Trademark Protection
A trademark protects cost-efficient the name of your company, your products or services. By doing so, you prevent third-parties to make use of your trademark.
In order to register a trademark, it must not yet be registered in the respective country. Therefore it is recommended to verify first if this criterion is fulfilled by conducting a search.
We support you in making the design search as well as in registering your trademark in Switzerland and worldwide.
Design Protection
A design protects cost-efficient the outer style of a product.
A design must be new in order obtain a protection, i.e. it shall not yet be published. Therefore it is recommended to verify first if this criterion is fulfilled by conducting a search.
We support you in making the design search as well as in registering your design in Switzerland and worldwide.