it’s a partnership thing: COHAUSZ & FLORACK

The very best advice

Anyone active in innovation needs top-class advice and support. At COHAUSZ & FLORACK, you will be looked after almost exclusively by experienced partners. So an expert will always be at your side.

All COHAUSZ & FLORACK partners have:

many years of legal experience
in-depth technical expertise
extensive industry knowledge
international contacts
considerable success in the courtroom.

We dedicate ourselves to you and your ideas and take on full responsibility. We’re looking forward to it!

How can you make your patents profitable?

We can help you to exploit your patent portfolios, to monetize them, for maximum economic benefit. Significant financial returns can be made, especially in the field of disruptive technologies. This makes your patent portfolio a key pillar of your company’s success.

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Why do pharmaceutical companies need an IP strategy?

Individual patents are often particularly valuable in the pharmaceuticals sector. After all, the patents relate to a precious commodity: our health. Behind each property right there are often huge investments as well as numerous jobs and research and sales organizations. This means that pharmaceutical companies should think carefully about who they entrust their patent to. Us, for example. At COHAUSZ & FLORACK, pharmaceuticals are always a partnership thing!

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What is the best protection for your essential technologies?

Essential technologies – in other words those without which other companies would have no access to the market – can be protected using standard essential patents (SEPs). Holders of SEPs with a dominant market position are obliged to license them in return for fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory fees (FRAND terms). We, the COHAUSZ & FLORACK partners, are here to support you!

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When does it make sense for you to register a trademark?

Trademarks are a key factor when it comes to positioning your company among the competition. It is therefore important and worthwhile for many companies to register trademarks and develop a trademark strategy of their own.

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How do you stay calm in complex litigation proceedings?

Complex proceedings such as oppositions in the chemical and life sciences sector are only successful if you have a strong team at your side: We support our clients in challenging proceedings with concentrated expertise.

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How can you take effective action against interfering patents?

Suppose you realize that a competitor’s patent does not go beyond the “prior art” and also hinders your business activities. You can take action against the patent within nine months of its grant in opposition proceedings. Opposition proceedings are heard by the European Patent Office (EPO) or the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). We, the COHAUSZ & FLORACK partners, will prepare your appeal and advise and assist you during the proceedings.

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Ask eight questions to decide whether patents or trade secrets best govern how your assets turn into revenue, margins and loyalty, say Mathias Karlhuber and Tamara Moll at Cohausz & Florack in a book inspired by the EPO and LESI's High Growth Technology Business Initiative.