Cabinet Guenther Schmalz
Conseil en propriété intellectuelle
Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney
Cabinet Guenther Schmalz is a unique boutique intellectual property consultancy firm in Monaco that handles all of the essential professional services any innovator or overseas professional may seek of an intellectual property law representative in Monaco. This includes the acquisition of intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademarks and design rights, providing support for the enforcement of these rights and the commercial exploitation of your rights.
- Identifying inventions and filing strategy proposal
- Drafting and filing of Patents (in Germany, EPO, PCT)
- EPO opposition and appeal proceedings
- Evaluation of economic viability
- Freedom-to-operate studies
- Patent validity studies
- Product clearance studies
- Patent infringement opinion
- Enforcement of patents
- Validation of European patents
- Payment of annuities
- Defensive publications
- Design rights search
- Registering a design
- Recordal of assignment, change of legal form, change of address of a design
- Renewal of a design
- Copyright issues
- Non-disclosure agreements (NDA)
- Licensing contracts
- Performing artists / musicians / media and sports celebrities' contracts
- Customs search and seizure procedures
- Development of intellectual property portfolios
- Strategic management of intellectual property portfolios
- IP due diligence for MA
Guenther Schmalz, passed the German Patent Attorney Exam in 1991 and the European Patent Attorney Exam in 1993. His technical expertise encompasses especially patents for mobile communication technology, computer implemented inventions ("software patents") and business method patents. He was admitted to the Monaco Patent and Trademark Office in 2009.
Our intellectual property consultancy firm is licenced to represent clients before the
- Monaco Patent and Trademark Office
- European Patent Office
- World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
- Unified Patent Court