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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Trademarks, brands & counterfeiting

Defend against an infringement claim abroad

We've been accused of infringing a patent or trade mark abroad. What now?

WONE Global has local IP counsel assess the claim, the rights and your defences, and respond, negotiate or challenge the right.

Countries in the typical case Israel · Germany

The situation

What is happening

A rights holder alleges your product, software or content infringes their patent, design, mark or copyright in another country.

What is at stake

An infringement claim can stop your sales in a market and lead to damages.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies

A scenario

Medical device makerMid-sized company · from Israel · in Germany

Days before a German trade fair, a competitor's lawyers send a patent infringement letter threatening an injunction at the stand.

Where it ends The fair goes ahead, and the claim is answered properly.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “IP infringement letter from another country”“Customs seized our goods for infringement”“A marketplace has removed our genuine products after an IP complaint”“A patent owner has sent us a cease-and-desist notice”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global has local IP counsel assess the claim, the rights and your defences, and respond, negotiate or challenge the right.

Usually led by Trade marks, patents and brands, with Disputes and arbitration, Contracts and commercial law and Business insurance.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First daysGerman patent counsel assesses the patent and the product.
  2. Week 1Protective letter filed with the court; reply sent.
  3. Trade fairCounsel on call.
  4. ThenChallenge to the patent or licence talks.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01How strong the claim is and whether the right is valid there
  2. 02Design-around, licence, challenge or defend
  3. 03What the exposure is in damages, injunctions and customs seizures

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A merits and exposure assessment
  • A response strategy and, where needed, a validity challenge
  • Settlement or licence terms negotiated

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Who handles it

Trade marks, patents and brands, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Israelin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Poland WONE Global Partner Anna Pawlikowska · Partner Brief this Partner →
  4. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

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WONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda

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WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari

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Andrzej ZacharzewskiKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Andrzej Zacharzewski

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Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Attorney at Law. Co-founder of the law firm. Provides litigation services to banks and advises corporate clients in international trade. Supervises the work of the Litigation Department and the International Desk. Chair…

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