KÖNIG | NAEVEN | SCHMETZ – TRADITION AND EXPERTISE

Patent and Trademark Office Schmetz and Patent and Law Firm König & Naeven have joined their forces on 1st October 2016 forming

As early as 1887 Martin Schmetz established his Office in Aachen as one of the first registered German patent attorneys. Since then the Office was continued by his family, at last by Patent Attorney Walter Schmetz, a son of Patent Attorney Bruno Schmetz who died in 2014.
König & Naeven also has family tradition. It was established by Patent Attorney Werner E. König in Aachen in 1982 and at last operated by Patent Attorney Dr. Ralf Naeven and Attorney-at-law Christian König LLM (London), a son of the founder.

We advise you in all fields of intellectual property law and offer not only the services typical of patent attorneys but also services reserved to lawyers.

Our clients are international corporations, medium-sized businesses, big research institutes as well as small entities, start-ups and individual inventors. With our global network we can also represent your interests abroad.