IP, IT, Data Protection

Protect your innovations and data

Do you need IT contracts that comply with the law, protection for your intellectual property, or advice on data protection law? We can support you in these areas with tailor-made solutions.

From trademark law and design law to copyright law, patent law and software licensing, not to mention competition law, we protect your rights and optimise your contracts. We also provide advice on online shops, app law, domain disputes and internet piracy.

We assist with order processing, international data transfers, data protection in sales and employee data protection in the context of data protection law. Our team can support you with compliance management and act as your data protection officer.

Take advantage of our expertise in IP, IT and data protection law to ensure your company is legally protected.

Consulting services in detail

IT law and data protection

IT law

Outsourcing and IT projects: Design of complex IT projects, in particular IT outsourcing
IT contract law: IT contracts, software licence and distribution models, maintenance and support, including service level agreements (SLAs), software licence management, hardware procurement contracts, IT procurement law (EVB-IT, BVB)

Data protection

Data protection in sales/customer data: Design of online shops, consents, data protection declarations, direct marketing, customer relationship management, address trading
Data protection and human resources: Employment law advice on employee data protection, in particular on employee monitoring, e-recruitment, digitisation of personnel files, co-determination, works agreements

Data protection within the group: internal data concentration, order processing
International data transfers: order processing abroad, data protection in international business relationships, posting of employees abroad
Data protection and compliance: data protection review and design of compliance management, solutions for whistleblower systems
Legal relationships with data protection officers: appointment and dismissal of company data protection officers, drafting of contracts with internal and external data protection officers

Other areas

Employment law

Trademark, design and copyright

Trademark law and design protection

Trademark and company research, design research, registration and management of trademarks and designs (Germany, European Union, international registrations)
Development of cross-border trademark and design protection strategies, conflict monitoring, management of trademark portfolios, design portfolios
Judicial and extrajudicial legal enforcement, legal defence, combating trademark piracy, design piracy (border seizure)
Drafting of trademark purchase, design purchase and licence agreements
Securing internet domains, representation in domain disputes

Judicial and extrajudicial legal prosecution and defence in copyright law, in particular copyright infringement proceedings, prosecution of internet piracy
Copyright and the internet: protection and use of photos, texts, web design, apps, embedded content
Granting of rights of use, drafting of copyright agreements

Patent law

Enforcement of patents and utility models
Advice and representation in patent and utility model infringement proceedings
Support in border and trade fair seizures in cases of patent and utility model infringements
Representation in nullity and cancellation proceedings before the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice, as well as in opposition and appeal proceedings before the DPMA and the EPO

Employee invention law

Advice on claims, remuneration determination and arbitration proceedings

Confidentiality and know-how

Confidentiality agreements, litigation in cases of trade secret infringementDurchsetzung von Patenten und Gebrauchsmustern

Licence agreements and technology transfer

Drafting licence agreements for patents, utility models and know-how
Development agreements, manufacturing agreements, joint venture agreements, distribution agreements
Advice on antitrust regulations in technology transfer

IP due diligence

Patent and licence valuation in company acquisitions, patent and trademark valuation, intellectual property rights reports

Pharmaceutical law and life sciences

Regulatory requirements and compliance

Obtaining and maintaining market authorisation
Naming and labelling of medicinal products and medical devices
Classification of medical devices and conformity assessment
Advice on demarcation issues for medicinal products, medical devices, foodstuffs and cosmetics
Sponsorship, cooperation with patient organisations, contracts with speakers, hospitals and doctors
Advice on combating corruption in the healthcare sector

Contracts in the product development and marketing phase

Drafting of in-licensing and out-licensing agreements, agreements with CROs on clinical trials and NDAs
Development collaborations, contract manufacturing and responsibility allocation agreements, drug monitoring agreements, co-marketing and co-promotion agreements
Transfer of rights to products and granting of co-distribution rights

Property rights and property right infringements

Pharmaceutical and life sciences patents, patent infringement and nullity proceedings
Supplementary protection certificates (SPC), marketing authorisation exclusivity, protection of marketing authorisation data (RDP), exclusivity for orphan drugs and paediatric rewards
Pharmaceutical and medical device brands and designs
Parallel imports and re-imports

Application and marketing

Advice on therapeutic products advertising law requirements, misleading advertising, advertising for unauthorised medicinal products and off-label use
Advice on inadmissible benefits and discounts
Representation in therapeutic products advertising law proceedings

Data protection

Advice on data protection in healthcare, in particular patient data, apps, hospital information systems, digital patient records, use of health data for therapeutic purposes (personalised medicine)

Competition and advertising law

Review of advertising and promotional campaigns, advice and representation in competition law matters
Misleading advertising, unfair imitation, disguised advertising and surreptitious advertising
Comparative advertising, disparagement of competitors
Review of innovative forms of advertising, competitions, discounts and bonuses
Poaching of customers or employees
Breach of trade and business secrets
Advice on issues relating to the Price Indication Regulation and other related areas

Food law

Design of products and their packaging
Advertising of foodstuffs and legal disputes in this regard
Advice and representation in disputes relating to food law

Advertising agencies and advertising councils

Drafting contracts with advertising agencies, representation before advertising councils and other self-regulatory bodies

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Rankings and awards

Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers 2025

According to both Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers, ESCHE's advertising law practice group is ranked in of the Hamburg metropolitan area, and is recognised as one of the leading law firms in Germany.

JUVE-Handbuch 2024/2025

The JUVE Handbuch has listed ESCHE as one of the top law firms in northern Germany.

brand eins 2024

brand eins has once again recognised ESCHE as one of Germany's best commercial law firms.

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