SONN & PARTNER is one of the leading Intellectual Property Attorneys Offices in Austria with more than 40 collaborators including 9 European and Austrian Patent and Trademark Attorneys ("Patentanwälte"). Our office, located in the centre of Vienna, serves the need of large and small international and local clients in all areas of technology and goods. Our service is particularly geared to a complete advice of highest standard in individual cases especially in patent, trademark and design matters under international, European and Austrian Law.

The fundamental philosophy of SONN & PARTNER is to find solutions to the individual problems of our clients in industry and commerce taking into account not only the legal requirements and possibilities but also the commercial aims to be achieved. With our large and long-standing experience in litigation in Austria and throughout Europe we centre our efforts on obtaining commercially viable solutions for our clients. Of course, we will also fight a case through with all available means when necessary.

SONN & PARTNER provides full service not only in litigation but also for filing and prosecuting applications in Austria, in Europe and   with the help of our network of highly competent associates   all over the world. This service includes qualified translations in all technical areas from and into German in particularly for filing in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. We provide comprehensive answers and solutions for all questions and cases in the entire field of the protection of industrial property, of course including European and international systems such as the EPC, PCT, the Madrid Trademark Registration System (including Protocol) and the Hague Design Registration System. Our office handles any representations authorised by the Austrian law on patent attorneys and by the European Patent Convention as well as under the Community Trade Mark Regulation and the Community Design Regulation. European cases can directly be filed by our office both in English and German.

In all this activity our constant concern is highly qualified service coupled with efficiency. To achieve this aim, every case is handled under the control and guidance of one of the partners whereby teamwork is one of our central working philosophies. By dealing with various cases in the field of industrial property, of course, often problems concerning other fields of law have to be taken into consideration. Our office therefore has very close contacts with the best Austrian lawyers specialised in the field of intellectual property but also with expert lawyers on other fields of law. With these colleagues all questions, which involve laws in addition to industrial property laws, are regularly discussed so that all information and opinions given in this field are based on a thorough analysis of all relevant factors.

The location of SONN & PARTNER in the heart of Europe is an obligation to the partners to fully participate in the constant evolution of European Community Law as well as to cultivate our long-standing relationships with the best offices in European countries not least also in Eastern Europe, where old ties with Austria still are intact.

This truly European basis embedded in our international professional relations is made available to all clients in that all collaborators have English as a second language (besides German) with some also speaking French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. The broad general knowledge of intellectual property law coupled with the specific, very detailed knowledge of each of the partners in their special technical field of intensified activity together with a constant exchange of ideas and know-how among them on the basis of a modern and efficient office organisation guarantees not only the utmost attention to our clients' problems but also highly qualified advice in an European and world-wide context.