1. Signing of transfer framework with Maserati CEO in
Modena, Italy.
Based on the experience of many
technology transactions for global
players as well as small and innovative
SMEs, the AKLaw Technology Transfer
team offers a comprehensive range of
services to support stakeholders:
 Structuring new business
models
 Commercial and legal
evaluation of technology
portfolio
 Preparation of transactions,
incl. drafting and review of
contracts
 Legal evaluation of sets of
intellectual property rights
such as patents, trademarks,
industrial design
 Support and execution of
negotiation on commercial
and legal terms of contracts
 Risk and opportunity
assessment
About us
AKLaw provides legal advice and
consultancy for industrial companies
with a focus on innovation. AKLaw is
advising clients who are seeking for
leading edge technologies and facilitates
its transfer to new applications and user.
Associated intellectual property rights
are identified and provided as required.
Further legal expertise of the AKLaw
legal team is focusing on product liability,
corporate law, M&A and procurement.
The team members of the firm are having
extensive professional background
resulting from various management
positions of leading European
companies.
Contact
Wulf Höflich
Patent Attorney – Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.)
Phone : +49 89 2877870
E-Mail : w.hoeflich@aklaw.de
Internet : www.aklaw.de
AKLAW IP & LAW FIRM
Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 12
80798 München
Germany
AKLAW
TECHNOLGY
TRANSFER &
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
PROTECTION
by Wulf Höflich
Patent Attorney at AKLaw IP & Law Firm
Munich, Germany

2. Example 1
Consultancy and legal services to
protect inventions and branding of
SME supplier in automotive area:
 Prior art searches related to new
inventions and client’s products
 Market & competitor benchmarking
 On site review and evaluation on
patentability of new innovations,
manufacturing processes
 Drafting and filing of intellectual
property right (IPR) applications
such as patents, designs,
trademarks with national, European
and Global IP offices
 Opposing third parties IPRs
 Enforcement of IPR against
infringement and defence against
third party claims
Example 2
Technology & Patent Strategy
 Screening and mapping of
technologies and patents
 Benchmarking of competing
technologies
 Defining tailored patent strategy
 Risk & opportunity evaluation
 Due diligence of products and
process portfolio
 Inventor screening & evaluation
 Patent landscaping
 AKLaw cooperates with Cheers
Interactive
Example 3
Transfer of welding manufacturing
technology from aerospace OEM to
consumer electronics OEM including a
system integrator
 Detailed mapping, clustering and
evaluation of available
technologies, know-how and
intellectual property rights such as
patents, trademarks
 Define & establish technology
licensing strategy
 Feasibility & application studies
defined and established as
supplementary service for the
receiving party
 Business model for parties defined
and implemented
 Contractual structure between
parties applied
 Contractual after sales service