The Firm

Having participated in global IP management for decades, BEST Rechtsanwälte has a long-standing experience in the comprehensive management of national and worldwide trademark and design portfolios for companies from various parts of the world. The firm’s core competency lies in flexible, high quality and cost-effective solutions on the basis of each client’s specific needs.

The firm’s services cover legal advice and prosecution, defense, and litigation services in Germany and the European Union. This includes the handling of IP, advertising and unfair competition matters before the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) as well as German and EU courts. Furthermore, through a long-standing partnership with reputable local law firms the firm handles its clients’ needs on a worldwide basis.

The firm has a very strong background in worldwide name finding, trademark search, assignment, name change and data verification projects as well as in drafting and negotiating license and co-existence agreements. Over the years of the existence of the firm our expertise has been provided to a significant number of the top pharmaceutical as well as many other companies in Europe and worldwide in global name finding projects, and the firm’s management and its founder have even been at the outset of an entirely new way to handle such projects many years ago.

Due to the industry background of its founding partners, the firm’s focus has always been on closely partnering with clients in the spirit of an outsourced IP department. Providing practical and business-oriented strategic and budget advice with a strong legal background is at the heart of its services. Together with a strong network of highly specialized and renowned law firms throughout the world BestIP has managed to protect and enforce its client’s interests for decades and to win the trust of global corporations as well as small and medium-size enterprises.