Plant Variety Rights and Patents

We are specialists in plant variety protection and patent law. We are co-authors of a leading commentary on plant variety protection law, and we are regularly speakers at relevant conferences. For many years, we have advised small, medium, and large companies in the industry, developing solutions to their questions relating to plant variety protection and seed law.

We are your contact when it comes to plant variety applications, transfer agreements, national and international license and know-how agreements, well as other industry-specific agreements. Thanks to our extensive industry-specific transaction experience, we keep an eye on the essentials: your plant variety rights and the associated contractual relationships.

If necessary, we will enforce your rights in court or before arbitration tribunals: Numerous industry-specific rulings by the German Federal Court of Justice and the Court of Justice of the European Union have been made with our active involvement and participation.