Research focus

• Invention protection:
  • Patent quality
  • Acceptance of the patent system by SMEs
  • Joint inventions
  • Inventor communities
  • Research groups
  • Employee inventions
• Know-how-protection and property right strategies
• Exploitation of property rights (license agreements)
• Arbitration
• Antitrust law (license agreements)
• German and international commercial and corporate law:
  • Distribution agreements
  • Succession in companies
  • Administration and representation in OHG and KG