Our firm provides the full range of I.P. services. Please see our “List of Services (link in the right margin of this page) for a brief description of these services.
With respect to our fee policy, we would emphasize in particular that we normally provide services on a fixed (or closed) quotation ; only exceptionally do we charge on a time basis. Please contact us to obtain our fee schedule and/or a quotation for a specific matter.
BASIC SERVICES and/or INFORMATION
- Fee quotations: fixed price (most matters) or on a time basis (exceptionally)
- Advice with respect to the different types of protection available (patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, etc.)
- Periodic audit reports (status and evaluation) of trademark portfolios and/or other
- Intellectual Property (I.P.) assets
- Advice with respect to overall strategies to protect, exploit and defend I.P. assets at national and international levels
- Proposals to resolve conflicts (including through litigation), with risk analysis and evaluation of possibilities of success
AGREEMENTS / EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENTS / LITIGATION
- Negotiation and draft of settlement agreements
- Civil and criminal litigation in defense of I.P. rights (including domain names)
- Alternative dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Anti-counterfeiting (anti-piracy) measures at customs control
- Licensing and technology transfer agreements
TRADEMARKS
- Trademark searches (pre-application) at any applicable level; analysis of possibilities for registration based on results of search
- Preparation and filing of national, Community and International trademark applications
- Prosecution and administrative defense of applications including answers to official objections and third party oppositions
- Trademark "vigilance" and maintenance including opposition to third party applications
- Negotiation of coexistence agreements and other conflict resolution proposals
- Infringement and use (or non-use) investigations
- Portfolio management (i.e., overall strategy to protect, exploit and defend trademark portfolio)
- Valuation and sale of trademarks
- Licensing agreements
- Assignments, name changes, amendment of rights
PATENTS and UTILITY MODELS
- Advice and tips on how to protect an invention
- Preliminary searches on the state of the art
- Draft of patent applications
- Filing and prosecution of national, European and International patents
- Maintenance fees
- Patents survey
- Licensing agreements
- Assignment, changes of name, amendment of rights
- Technical translations
DESIGNS
- Filing and prosecution of national, European and International designs
- Administrative appeals against third parties and official objections
- Survey and maintenance of designs
- Licensing agreements
- Assignment, changes of name, amendment of rights
COPYRIGHT
- Registration of artistic works before the Intellectual Property Registry
- Copyright licensing and exploitation agreements
- Advice with respect to copyright infringements
- Litigation and alternative conflict resolution
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
- Compliance with L.O.P.D.
- Compliance with the duty of information
- Personal data registration
- Safety measures
- Avoid administrative sanctions
INTERNET and DOMAIN NAMES
- Advice on domain name selection, acquisition and maintenance
- Negotiation and acquisition of conflicting domain names
- Domain name disputes before national and international arbitration Courts
- Legal website audits