Technical inventions are what keep your company ahead of the rest. Want to protect your inventions and grant exclusive rights? We are your IP experts, here to help you with a comprehensive IP strategy. From patent application to protection and renewal: we’ve got you covered.
Patents
Our patents services
We are experts in the field of patents, here to empower your innovations, here to guide you from patent application to protecting and valorizing your technical inventions.
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Protection
IP Tax
IP Training
IP Strategy
IP contracting & valorization
Unitary Patents and Unified Patent Court
Litigation
Watching
Brand Protection
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Identifying potentially patentable inventions within your business and technical fieldcan be challenging. That’s where we come in with our personalized invention mining services. Once a potential invention is identified, we assist you in safely communicating about it with other parties, such as investors, and help you draft NDA’s or confidentiality agreements.
With a patentability search, we verify whether an invention meets the substantive requirements of patentability. We then help you translate your technical solution into an enforceable and valuable IP asset. In drafting a patent application, we ensure that you are offered the broadest scope of protection possible and reduce the risk of encountering potential problems during the patent granting procedure.
Before a patent application, we always recommend performing a freedom-to-operate analysis, to reveal relevant patent rights of third parties that may impact your freedom to operate. You can leave it all up to our specialized patent teams.
After executing patent filing instructions, our experts continue to partner with you to leverage the full potential of your inventions.
We further empower you with:
- Invention mining sessions to identify potential inventions
- Declaration of invention to position inventions in relevant contexts
- Decision tree to make decisions at all phases of the patent generation process
- Prior art search/freedom to operate search
- Patentability opinion/freedom to operate opinion
- Patent data reports
Protection
Once your patent application is filed and granted by an intellectual property office, itgenerally– provides an effective and exclusive protection for twenty years, as long as you pay your renewal fees regularly according to national legislation.
Protecting your patents start with a high-quality draft of your patent application, for which you can count on our patent attorneys. They do not only focus on short-term needs but will leverage the full potential of your innovative developments. That proactive approach characterizes our complete way of working, from delivering proper filing strategy advice to striving for efficient patent prosecution globally.
In our interactive client portal, you can consult your portfolio status at any given time. We are your partner, here to keep your IP portfolio safe and ensure alignement between your IP rights and your business structures and objectives.
When applicable, we advise you to protect your technical invention as a trade secret, which has its own protection methods. Our team of experts can support you in that matter as well.
We further empower you with:
- Proactive and strategy-driven drafting
- Filing strategy customized to your business needs
- IP audit before renewals to align to your business strategy
IP tax
Income generated from eligible intellectual property rights is subject to specific tax regimes. We are your go-to partner for ensuring that your IP strategy and activities are tax optimized and fully compliant with the valid regime.
Training
Safeguarding your patents (and other IP) is a collaborative effort. . Our team supports you by teaching you everything you want or need to know about patents – from identifying potential inventions to monitoring the market and protecting your granted patents.
Our training programs are flexible, tailoredto your specific requirements and audiences. We offer lectures, workshops, and hands-on training for management, marketing specialists, and business developers, ensuring practical and immediately usable knowledge
Strategy
At Gevers, we offer a comprehensive strategy for your patent applications and protections. We integrate patents into a global IP strategy to meetall your needs.
With a 360-degree IP approach, we transform your intellectual assets and patent applications into enduring competitive advantages. Our experts are proactive, goal oriented, and strive for long-lasting outcomes rather than temporary fixes. They go the extra mile for your peace of mind.
Contracting & valorization
Every phase of an intellectual property right’s life cycle involves multiple agreements . We guide you through it, with precision on the most suitable contract types and deal structures to align with your commercial and/or corporate vision.
UP/UPC
The UP (Unitary Patents) and UPC (Unified Patent Court) are significant components of the European patent system. If these terms are unfamiliar, don’t worry, at Gevers we seamlessly integrate these components into your patent strategy.
IP Litigation
When your rights are infringed or you are accused of infringing, we stand by you. We aim to resolve disputes quickly, amicably, and cost-effectively, but we are prepared to do whatever it takes to defend your rights.
Watching
A dedicated watch on newly published applications is crucialto staying informed about your competitors’ patent activities. New patent applications by third parties can have an impact on your freedom to operate.
Our watch services keep you continuously informed of your competitor’s patent activities. We use the latest generation of watch software, ensuring an optimal monitoring in all available countries. By relying on simple risk level categories and straightforward communication , we make the world of patents as understandable as needed.
If necessary, we have the expertise in house to act against third party patent applications and granted patents. Our team of qualified European patent attorneys is experienced in Opposition and Appeal Proceedings before the European Patent Office, representing clients in all fields of technology.
We further empower you with:
- Clear reports with risk levels
- Assistant in decision to oppose
- Official actions against third party patents
IP Brand Protection
You don’t have to fight counterfeiters alone. Together, we will secure your intellectual property rights and defend your market position. Our secret weapons? More strategy, more vigilance, more resilience.
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We protect your innovations
You can count on us for the complete creation and protection of your patent, with a fully customized IP strategy. We help you empower your innovation by analyzing its technical and commercial context and advising you on the patentability of your invention. We are experts in drafting strategic patent applications and patent prosecution before regional and/or national patent offices afterwards.
If your patent has been granted, we ensure that it is complied with and that your technical inventions remain protected. Every action we take is one to lift your innovative development to its fullest potential. Both locally and globally. In the short and long term.