horak. Patent attorneys · Lawyers · Specialist attorneys
Your invention deserves strong protection.
Patent attorneys and lawyers under one roof: We report patents, Utility model, Brands and designs - and use them before authorities and courts in Germany, Europe and before the Unified Patent Court.
☎ 0511 35 73 56-0 · ✉ info@patentrechtler.com · 10 Locations in Germany
Patent- and lawyers
in joint teams
Specialist Solicitors
for intellectual property protection
DPMA · EPA · EUIPO · WIPO
and Unified Patent Court
Fixed prices
for advice, Application & research
Our services
From the idea to registration to enforcement – all intellectual property protection from a single source.
Patent Application
Germany, Europa, PCT and unitary patent – with claims, that stand up in court.
Utility model
Fast protection in just a few weeks – alone or as a derivative of the patent application.
research & FTO
Art, Competitors, Freedom-to-operate and patent monitoring.
Patent infringement
Warning, einstweilige Verfügung, Lawsuit – or the defense of unjustified claims.
Blog & Emptiness
Attack disruptive patents – and defend your own intellectual property rights.
Unit Patent & UPC
Opt-out strategy and representation before the Unified Patent Court.
licenses & Contracts
license, purchase- and development contracts, NDA, Technology transfer, FRAND.
Employee inventions
Report, Utilization and inventor remuneration – for companies and inventors.
Understand technology. enforce law.
We have patent attorneys with scientific and engineering backgrounds and attorneys specializing in intellectual property law sitting at the same table. This is how your invention becomes a property right, that also takes it to court.
Four steps to intellectual property rights
1. Contact
Book an appointment online or call – a short description is enough.
2. assessment
We evaluate protection capability and strategy and state the costs.
3. Application
elaboration, Filing and representation in official proceedings.
4. Protection & enforcement
Deadlines, Monitoring and action against imitators.
Our team
Lawyers, Specialist lawyers and patent attorneys – your personal contact is always available.
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Lawyer · Specialist lawyer for intellectual property protection
Julia Ziegeler
Lawyer · Specialist lawyer for intellectual property rights
Dipl.-Phys. Andree Eckhard
Patent Attorney · European. Brands- and design lawyer
Dr. Marie Wagner
Patent attorney
Anna Umberg, LL.M., M.A.
Lawyer · Specialist lawyer for intellectual property rights
Catherine Gitmann-Kopilevich
Lawyer · Specialist lawyer for intellectual property rights
Karoline Behrend
Lawyer · Specialist lawyer for public procurement law
Andreas Friedlein
Attorney
Get to know all the lawyers → · also with Stefan Karfusehr and Robin Jannis Mai, LL.B.
Current news from patent law
- Patent-, Brands- and design law 2023-2026: The most important changes and decisions
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- Designreform: New EU design law since 2025 and modernization of German design law
- BGH „DABUS“: An AI cannot be an inventor – AI-supported inventions remain patentable
Technology, that we understand
Mechanical engineering · physics & Electrical engineering · Software & KI · Chemie · Life Science & Medical technology · Energy & Environmental technology
Laws in full text
Patent Law · ArbnErfG · PatKostG · PatV
10 Locations – there for you nationwide
Hanover (Hauptsitz) · Berlin · Bielefeld · Bremen · Dusseldorf · Frankfurt · Hamburg · Leipzig · Munich · Stuttgart
Talk to us about your idea
In person at one of our locations, via video or telephone.