Trade secrets and know-how
The firm's expertise in trade secret and know-how protection covers the following activities and areas of advice in particular:
Enforcement of claims in the event of legal infringements
- Warning of unauthorized acquisition, use or disclosure of trade secrets/know-how
- Defense against warnings due to trade secret/know-how infringement
- Enforcement of claims for unauthorized acquisition, use or disclosure of trade secrets/know-how in preliminary injunction proceedings (including injunction, sequestration/seizure), in particular at trade fairs
- Sequestration/seizure of infringing objects by means of a temporary injunction in cooperation with bailiffs
- Enforcement of claims due to unauthorized acquisition, use or disclosure of trade secrets/know-how in legal proceedings (including injunction, information, destruction, recall, damages)
- Defense against threatened and issued preliminary injunctions, in particular filing of protective letters, filing of objections, advice on internal company measures, recalls and customer communication, submission of final declarations
- Representation in preliminary injunction and lawsuit proceedings before all German civil courts in compliance with confidentiality measures pursuant to GeschGehG
- Criminal charges for violation of trade secrets