GERMAN SOFTWARE LAW FIRM

Do you need an experienced German software lawyer? In Germany, the regulations relevant to software protection are found primarily in copyright law, but also in patent law. Accordingly, these areas are also referred to as software copyright law and software patent law, respectively. In addition, software may also be protected by German/EU competition law, trademark law and/or design law. Taken together, these areas of law, including some other special regulations, are referred to as software law.

Contracts relating to software projects are essentially concerned with software creation or software development on the one hand and software licensing on the other. The latter area also includes software license agreements, application service providing (ASP) and software as a service (SaaS). Moreover, there may be, in particular, contracts on software maintenance, software customization, service supply arrangements and escrow agreements. The firm advises on all of these contracts.

In addition to contractual advice, the focus is on disputes resulting from breaches of software contracts. Such disputes involve the interpretation, performance and termination of IT contracts. This includes acting in complex high value litigation. In such conflicts with contractual partners, the firm represents you out of court and – if necessary – in court (e.g., application for an injunction or defense against an application for an injunction, legal action for payment, injunction, information and/or damages).

Finally, there are also software law infringements outside of contractual relationships. Therefore, acting against software copyright infringement and acting in technology patent litigation are further core areas. Here, it is mainly a matter of asserting claims for injunctive relief and damages on the basis of a copyright and/or patent infringement (for example, by means of a warning letter). Or defending against corresponding claims.