Technology Transfer

Originally, the patent system was primarily intended to protect innovators from having their (technical) inventions copied or imitated legally and “cheaply” by anyone. Patents therefore served primarily as investment protection for inventive technical developments, allowing inventors or their companies to reap the fruits of the invention exclusively for the duration of patent protection without being deprived of their wages by unauthorized imitations by third parties. On the other hand, the publication of inventions associated with patent protection serves to promote innovation in general.

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Although this basic principle still applies today and continues to be of great importance, another aspect of patents and know-how – technology transfer – has become much more important in a number of industries, especially those with very complex products and services. Just think of electronics and semiconductor technology, communications technology, automation technology, software and computer technology, automotive technology, image and audio processing, artificial intelligence applications and much more. All these applications and industries are now inconceivable without an extensive technology transfer market, because the ever-advancing integration of a wide variety of protected technologies in the same product or process means that hardly any company can now master all the necessary technologies competitively and have them available in-house.

We are happy to support you in defining, shaping and (co-)implementing your position in the technology transfer market, be it in terms of

  • In- or out-licensing or purchase/sale of intellectual assets (intellectual property rights and/or know-how);
  • the initiation, negotiation and contractual drafting of R&D cooperations or IP aspects in the context of joint ventures (JV) and mergers & acquisitions (M&A); and/or
  • after conclusion of the contract in the implementation and support of licenses, cooperations, and IP aspects in relation to JVs or post-signing/post-closing activities from M&A projects.

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