Danubia Patent & Law Office LLC
Danubia is a leading patent law firm in Hungary in all fields of protecting intellectual property including prosecution, maintenance, litigation, enforcement, market and use search, valuation, licensing, counseling and providing tailor-made services on demand. Danubia has been voted both as No 1 firm for Patent work and No 1 firm for Trademark work in Hungary every year since 1997 by the world IP Survey sponsored by the magazine Managing Intellectual Property.The experience of more than 50 years long professional history provides the basis of our reliable services, which are combined with the comparatively modest price level of Hungary.The professional staff includes almost forty patent attorneys covering all fields of science and technology while our attorneys at law are specialized mostly in trademark prosecution and enforcement. The close co-operation with the IP Law firm Sar&Partners is the source of additional skill mainly concerning copyright and litigation.Our patent attorneys are registered as European Patent Attorneys, and our services cover all activities relating to Hungarian and European IP matters as well as Community Trademarks and Community Designs.Our patent attorneys are registered as European Patent Attorneys, and our services cover all activities relating to Hungarian and European intellectual property ("IP") matters as well as Community Trademarks and Community Designs.Our professional services cover the whole field of IP protection, i.e. patents, trademarks, utility models, designs, semiconductor topographies, protection of appellations of origin and geographical indications, domain name registration and dispute resolution, copyright protection of computer programs and technical creations as well as unfair competition in connection with all these rights. The services include obtaining, maintaining, defending and enforcing IP rights, searching existing rights and market uses, giving pretrial opinions, and representing clients in litigation.Special service branches provide valuation of inventions and brands, professional assistance in drafting and negotiating know-how and license agreements, compensation agreements between employers end employees as well as a fast documentation service.In contrast to the restrictions on practice in several other countries, our patent attorneys are authorized to litigate in IP matters before all national tribunals, including first and second instance Courts.Through our close cooperation with the law office of Sár & Partners, a leading law firm in copyright, electronic communication right and IP enforcement, legal services and advice related to our clients' corporate and business law concerns can conveniently be provided.Danubia is also offering complex consulting and managing services covering not only intellectual property protection but also project management and business development throughout the whole course of an innovation chain. To achieve this Danubia has recently established Danubia IP Innovation Consulting Ltd. having a team of experts on technology transfer and innovation management. Our patent attorneys form two organizational branches according to their technical field of expertise. The chemical branch handles cases in the chemical and pharmaceutical fields, including biochemistry, while the non-chemical branch handles cases in the fields of engineering, electronics, physics, computer science and other related technologies. Utility models and design cases are generally assigned to the second branch. Each branch unites approximately twenty patent attorneys who have chosen to form smaller teams. A close cooperation exists between the members of these teams providing each other with back-up if necessary.Each case is normally handled by the same patent attorney from the beginning until it’s conclusion. However, complex cases are assigned to special teams of patent attorneys so that multiple viewpoints and experiences form the basis for finding optimum solutions.We realize that translation is often the key item in our work, therefore patent specifications are either translated or revised by the patent attorney in charge of the case to reduce the interpretation problems which might arise later in litigation.The six trademark lawyers, two paralegals and additional staff members constituting the trademark branch are specialized in obtaining, maintaining and defending clients' trademark rights, and litigate in cases of infringement or trademark-related unfair competition.We have a total staff of nearly 150 members. The effective distribution of labour enables our patent attorneys and trademark lawyers to devote most of their time to professional assignments.Search and documentation services, accounting and book-keeping, as well as various other tasks are performed by separate departments.Our administrative department takes care of annuities payment and management, foreign filing formalities, docketing, office automation, and general in-house services including mail, fax and internal archives.A separate team is always on the alert for incoming mail and fax in order to detect immediate filing orders and urgent requests. Our staff members are proficient in a number of foreign languages, facilitating communication with clients and execution of professional tasks outside Hungary.The possibilities offered by the state-of-the-art office automation have been widely utilized for a long time. We use custom designed software tailored to our specific needs and our in-house programmers continuously improve the system to match new requirements.While our organizational structure largely determines the scope of our work, its quality is defined by the knowledge, experience and conscientiousness of our personnel.Our basic working philosophy is creative listening, which means we understand the wishes and needs of our clients and appreciate how valuable their time is. Our professional staff's familiarity with the intellectual property protection systems of foreign countries is one of the attributes, which enables us to reach maximum results with minimum use of our clients' times.We ensure that all substantial information reaches our clients without delay and at the same time take all necessary steps to keep rights in force. In reporting to our clients the required interpretation and the information needed are outlined and background explanations are defined in concise terms. All instructions received are carefully studied and carried out in a swift and accurate manner. On the other hand we are always ready to provide our clients with an exact analysis of the present stage and possible development of a pending procedure and propose possible steps and progression. We take pride in giving prompt response with precise and detailed information when requested. proudWe offer highly professional and responsible services minimizing the necessary participation of our clients while insuring efficient administration and handling of the cases entrusted to us, which are assigned to the best experts devoted to their work and profession.

practice areas

CopyrightsIntellectual PropertyPatentsTrademarks

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