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We protect your Inventions, Trademarks and Designs

PÖHNER SCHARFENBERGER is a domestic and internationally well-established Patent attorney and Lawyers office located in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. Our firm provides a comprehensive array of services related to industrial property protection on both national and international levels.

For Patents, Utility Models, Trade Marks and Design Patents, we jointly compile with you an application, according to all regulations.

We counsel and represent you in obtaining, maintaining, defending and enforcing your Industrial Property Rights.

The exceptional education and vast expertise possessed by our team form the foundation upon which we provide guidance to our clients, with technical emphasis in the fields of Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Biology and Chemistry.

If your rights are infringed, you will gain from the extensive experience we have accumulated before several German Courts.

We are authorized to represent clients before the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), the European Patent Office (EPO), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Federal Patent Court, and - in cases of nullity proceedings - the Federal Court of Justice.

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Pöhner Scharfenberger

Benefits of protecting your Industrial Property

  • It protects technical ideas, trademarks (brands) and designs from imitators. For example, the owner of a patent has the sole right -i.e, a monopoly -for a maximum of 20 years; and for a utility model up to 10 years, exclusively the right to manufacture, use and market the subject of protection. He possesses the authority to impose a prohibition, allowing him to prevent third parties from replicating, engaging in commercial use of, or offering the protected product.

  • The holder of Industrial Property rights has the authority to promptly request a Cease and Desist directive as soon as their recognized industrial property rights are violated. In such a scenario, the infringing party is obligated to compensate the owner for the resulting damages.

  • The owner of the property right should receive information from the infringing party regarding the source of the unauthorized goods. Any remaining goods should be eliminated as per the owner's directives.

  • Individuals who do not personally engage in the utilization of their property rights in production and distribution have the option to issue licenses, which could include granting an exclusive or sole license, or multiple nonexclusive licenses.

  • Industrial property rights play a significant role in marketing and sales, significantly bolstering the company's reputation.

Our Services

  • We provide you with advice in your special case about the selection of the suitable industrial property und work out a detailed application in cooperation with you.

  • For the formulation of a broad main claim and further embodiments with additional detailed solutions for as many subclaims as possible, we offer you synergies and a systematic approach based on our experience in a wide variety of industries, especially in physics, electrical engineering, mechanics, medical and civil engineering, construction, biotechnology, handicraft, chemistry, traffic and instrument engineering and several other related fields.

  • Our goal is to achieve an industrial property that is as broad as possible and can be enforced with a high probability of legal protection.

  • For foreign intellectual property matters, we have reliable contacts with several offices of patent attorneys outside of Germany.