Qualifications & Expertise
CMS Hasche Sigle is one of the most important German law firms in the area of industrial property (trademark, patent, utility model, design and competition law), copyright, media and press law. We can look back on over 40 years’ of comprehensive experience and prestige.

There are currently more than 60 solicitors in our firm who specialise in this area. They are members of the relevant national and international associations and working parties.

Our clients in this sector include numerous manufacturers of proprietary goods along with trading companies, service-providers and media enterprises.

Main Focus
Our activities in the areas of industrial property, copyright, sport, media and press law are mainly focused on

• Internet and the new media
  • advising leading international online service-providers, manufacturers and distributors of hardware and software as well as distributors of computer games on all questions of copyright and competition law
  • disputes on Internet domain names
  • world-wide domain registration
  • combating domain grabbers
  • advice on all questions of e-commerce
• Press and TV
  • advising leading German publishers and public radio stations on all questions of information law, press distribution lawand copyright
  • advising media of all kinds on questions of title protection
  • advising parties involved on questions of press information law
  • assertion of rights of reply, forbearance, revocation and compensation claims
  • advising on questions of price and distribution fixing and prohibiting discrimination
  • advising on marketing media services via broadband cable and advising on questions of network access and licensing
• Pharmaceuticals and food
  • combating prohibited parallel imports
  • advising international pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers ofmedicinal products on questionsof medicinal advertising law including comparative advertising
  • advising in the areaof biotechnology for co-operation and R & D agreements as well as on questions of advertising and patent law
  • advising on food legislation, especially food labelling and general competition law
  • advising leading German tobacco manufacturers, taking into account various bans on tobacco advertising
  • advising in connection with advertising campaigns and on questions of product presentation
• Trademarks and patents
  • registering trademarks in Germany and throughout the world
  • keeping a close watchon trademark developments particularly with regard to new applications by third parties and potential collisions.
  • advising on all legal questions relating to patents and utility patents including questions of technology transfer
  • support with patent applications
  • conducting proceedings relating to trademark, patent, utility patent and registered design infringements
  • applying and conducting frontier seizure proceedings
• Sport, Advertising and Entertainment
  • advising German and international advertising agencies on the development of advertising campaigns of all kinds (classical advertising, direct marketing, etc.)
  • advising manufacturers of proprietary goods, trading companies and media companies on drafting and conducting advertising campaigns
  • ongoing advice and support for cinema chains
  • advising several Hollywood film studios and various television and music producers, especially on questions of copyright and copyright contract law
  • advising football clubs in the Bundesliga and the 2nd division on questions of marketing and combating counterfeit merchandising products
  • advising industrial enterprises on sponsoring and involvement in the sports sector
  • ongoing advice and support for one of the leading German sports rights marketing companies
  • comprehensive advice of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH, especially in media, licensing law and competition