Maiwald Intellectual Property

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

19 Mar 2026

Clinical Trial Inventions in the Squeeze: The New Transparency Rules for Clinical Trials in the EU and the Assessment of Patentability by the EPO and the UPC, epi information, 1/2026

The article examines how the EU’s new transparency framework for clinical trials affects patentability assessments for inventions arising in the clinical phase. From both a ...