DTS counsels successfully various automotive suppliers. Its expertise includes i.a.
- vehicle seats
- hybrid motors
- body construction
- lighting technology
- tyres and wheels
- sensors, in particular electro-optical sensors; radar
- controls, software; speed-controls; obstacle detection; cruise control functions; lane guard systems
- combustion engines
DTS manages patent portfolios in the area of automotive and successfully prosecutes patent applications in Europe, especially at the European Patent Office.
The clients appreciate the schedule and budget loyal faithful patent process of DTS. Due to the experience of the attorneys of DTS with the competent litigation courts, DTS prosecutes patent applications so as to ensure that the scope of individual patents is optimized in the respective countries for litigation purposes.
DTS analyzes existing rights of third parties with respect to a potential threat to the products of the client and drafts competent opinions on (non-) infringement or on the question of invalidity.
DTS also successfully supported the sale of companies within an IP due diligence — here the client and the law firms managing the due diligence process benefit from a deep knowledge of DTS lawyers in the field of portfolio analysis and employee inventions according to German law.