Litigation

Today’s market dynamics, disruptive innovations, and the resulting changes across the entire value chain – as well as the litigiousness of companies – carry high conflict potential between commercial actors. 

When a dispute arises, swift and effective action is often crucial to maintain competitive advantages, secure strategic benefits, or avert damage to the company. To determine a targeted resolution strategy for a specific conflict, the risks and opportunities of litigation must be evaluated, and available (alternative) options for enforcing interests or defending against claims must be carefully weighed: Our goal is to develop economically sound solutions for our clients – even in deadlocked or complex disputes – and to rigorously enforce them in court.

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What we do for you

Alongside transactional and advisory services, litigation is one of the core competencies of FREY Rechtsanwälte. We represent your interests before national and European courts as well as before specialized institutions such as the Copyright Arbitration Board of the DPMA (Schiedsstelle für Patent- und  Markenrecht). Our conviction: Excellent legal advice or contract drafting always requires courtroom expertise and strategic foresight. Only a solution that is “court-proof” (gerichtsfest) provides you with sustainable security. 

We precisely process complex, including cross-border, factual matters and develop tailored litigation strategies. In doing so, we bring together experienced litigators and subject-matter specialists in interdisciplinary teams to formulate efficient and creative solutions that take your overall business context into account. 

Whether in preliminary injunction proceedings (einstweiliger Rechtsschutz) or main proceedings on the merits – we combine deep legal knowledge with years of experience in litigation tactics and negotiation practice to ensure your success before national and European forums.

Who we work for

The clients we represent in court come from a wide variety of industries. In addition to traditional media companies such as broadcasters, film production companies, and rights traders, our clients include telecommunications providers, cable network operators, and advertising marketers. 

We likewise represent platform operators, online service providers, hardware distribution companies, and content aggregators. Our litigation experience also extends to representing authors, artists, and actors in motorsport. Beyond the corporate sector, we also consistently enforce the personality rights of private individuals in court. 

Our focus

  • Copyright disputes
  • Disputes with collecting societies
  • Arbitration proceedings
  • Trademark disputes
  • Disputes concerning unfair competition
  • Violations of personal rights
  • Violations of corporate personality rights
  • Preliminary legal protection
  • Main proceedings
  • Disputes for and against right holders
  • License disputes
  • Disputes due to distribution law matters
  • Contractual disputes