Being home to the European Patent Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright, and Competition Law and the Federal Patent Court Munich is one of the hubs of intellectual property and copyright law in Europe.

DTS Munich focuses on the design and implementation of individually-tailored legal strategies to protect the technical innovations, business models as well as creative achievements of our clients.

Already familiar with the intellectual property of the individual client, the attorneys at DTS can make the maximum use of their legal and technical experience when offering advice with regard to any area of patent law. Taking economic implications into consideration, DTS covers all aspects of intellectual property, including procuring, enforcing and licensing of patents in Europe, especially with respect to an optimized strategy for prosecution, litigation and licensing. DTS thus helps to generate patents crafted to withstand any test of an alleged infringement or invalidity proceedings. In addition, DTS also assists with carrying out IP- Due Diligences .

In the areas of coes copyright-, trademark-, design- and unfair competition , DTS Munich offers comprehensive expert advice to artists, publishers and public relation companies - also in the field of New Media. Further to the prosecution of infringements, DTS Munich is involved in the drafting and negotiation of contracts as well as providing general legal advisory services to our clients.
 

The DTS Munich team:
Dorothee Thum
Robert Schnekenbühl
Sven-Erik Braitmayer