Maiwald – Intellectual Property

Helping you shape the future.

How we support you

Our success is built on individual consulting and acting with foresight. You can trust our highly professional team of patent attorneys and lawyers who are experienced specialists in all aspects of intellectual property law.

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Protect

We help you safeguard your intellectual property. Our particular expertise is coordinating and managing global patent portfolios.

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Litigate

We provide support and advice on infringement issues and in disputes concerning the validity of intellectual property rights.

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Deal

We advise on filing strategies and evaluate freedom-to-operate questions as well as the validity of IP rights.

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Consult

We support and guide you through contract negotiations and M&A transactions from a patent law perspective.

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News

11 Feb 2026

EU provisionally approves framework for new genomic technique plants from 2028

EU member states and the European Parliament have provisionally agreed a new regulatory framework for plants produced by new genomic techniques (NGTs). The deal creates two pa...

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11 Feb 2026

The Legal 500 Germany 2026

Maiwald is recommended in three practice areasin the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 Germany. In total, 19 lawyers are named in the Legal 500 c...

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10 Feb 2026

KI-Compliance: Zur Wechselwirkung von Sorgfaltsmaßstab und Vertrauensschutz beim Einsatz von ChatGPT – Vertrauen schützen, Sorgfalt wahren, Betriebs-Berater, 45/2025, (Article in german)

With the AI Act, the EU legislator has set out to establish a legal framework for trustworthy AI. However, a harmonized EU-level regime on AI liability is, for the time being,...

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