Rechtsanwälte · Certified Specialists · Patent Attorneys
German law firm for intellectual property, IT and commercial law
Trademarks, patents, designs, software, data and contracts: we protect the rights of companies, start-ups and creatives in Germany and the EU – and enforce them out of court, before the patent and trademark offices and in court. Headquartered in Hanover, with ten offices across Germany.
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Get in touch directly
Head office Hanover
Georgstr. 48 · 30159 Hanover · Germany
+49 511 357 356 0
info@horakrechtsanwaelte.com
Meetings in person, by phone or by video conference.
10 officesacross Germany
5 cooperation officesVienna · Zurich · London · Taiwan · Paris
Attorneys and patent attorneysunder one roof
German and Englishin person or by video
How we help
Typical matters – and how we can help
Whether you face an urgent dispute or want to plan ahead: here is the direct route to the questions our clients ask most often.
Received a cease-and-desist letter?
Take deadlines seriously and do not sign anything prematurely: we review the allegation, the declaration to cease and desist and the costs claimed – and respond in time.
Unfair Competition Law →
Register and protect a trademark
Clearance searches, filings with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, the EUIPO or WIPO, monitoring and oppositions – so that your brand is legally yours.
Trademark Law →
Inventions and patents
Filing strategy, freedom-to-operate, employee inventions and infringement proceedings, including before the Unified Patent Court – technical and legal expertise combined.
Patent Law →
Product design and 3D printing
Registered and unregistered EU designs, design protection for digital products and interfaces, and enforcement against imitations.
Design Law →
Data protection and GDPR
Privacy notices, data processing agreements, data subject requests, data breaches and supervisory proceedings – practical advice that works in daily business.
Data Protection Law →
AI, software and IT projects
EU AI Act compliance, terms of use for AI applications, software licences and failed IT projects – from planning to dispute resolution.
AI Law →
Practice areas
Focused on intellectual property, technology and business
Our focus is on intellectual property, unfair competition and antitrust law, IT law and healthcare law – at the interface of technology and law. Some of our practice area pages are currently available in German only.
Intellectual Property
IT, Data and Digital
- IT Law
- AI Law
- Data Protection Law
- Domain law (in German)
- Telecommunications law (in German)
Commercial Law
- Contract law (in German)
- Corporate law (in German)
- Distribution law (in German)
- Antitrust law (in German)
- Public procurement law (in German)
- Compliance (in German)
Media and Life Sciences
- Media law (in German)
- Press law (in German)
- Pharmaceutical law (in German)
- Food law (in German)
- Energy law (in German)
Lawyers
Your contacts
Attorneys certified as specialists in intellectual property law, in copyright and media law and in public procurement law, as well as German and European patent and trademark attorneys. Detailed profiles are available in German.
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Rechtsanwalt (attorney at law) · Certified specialist in IP law and in copyright & media law · Consulting engineer
Rechtsanwältin (attorney at law) · Certified specialist in IP law and in copyright & media law
Offices
Ten offices in Germany
Head office in Hanover and offices in Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart. Internationally, we work with cooperation offices in Vienna, Zurich, London, Taiwan and Paris.
Would you like to discuss your matter?
Tell us briefly about your case – we usually respond within 24 hours. Meetings in person at our offices, by phone or by video conference, in German or English.