INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Intellectual property
Intellectual property law protects intangible assets such as brands, logos, creations, inventions, software and databases. We offer full advisory and litigation support and are one of the largest IP teams in Luxembourg.
Why Our IP Team
We help clients protect and monetise their intangible assets, combining transactional, regulatory and contentious capabilities.
Comprehensive IP Coverage
Advice across trademarks, patents, designs, authors’ rights, domain names and related rights.
Transactional & Litigation Support
From portfolio structuring and transactional due diligence to pre-litigation and courtroom defence.
Sector Reach
Experience servicing clients across media, e‑commerce, finance, healthcare, IT, automotive and more.
Leading Intellectual Property Team
We advise clients across industries — media, e-commerce, finance, healthcare, IT, automotive, space and more — and support non-profits active in health and education.
Our clients
We advise Luxembourg groups and companies with domestic and/or international operations across sectors such as media & communications, e-commerce, finance, health care, investment funds and asset management, IT, automotive, software, space, and food distribution and delivery.
We also support non-profit organisations active in various sectors, in particular in the fields of health and education.
Our services
We assist clients in all areas of IP law and provide advisory, pre-litigation and litigation services, including:
Trademarks
Patents
Designs
Authors’ rights and related rights
Domain names and company names/trade names
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating IP-related agreements or clauses (consultancy or service agreements, IP assignment agreements, IP license agreements, IP clauses in employment contracts, trademark coexistence agreements, IT agreements, partnership agreements, franchise agreements, etc.)
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating IP security agreements in relation to financing transactions
Advising on software acquisition and licensing, software protection, including in relation to artificial intelligence
Providing legal advice, recommendations and action plans for any IP-related matter
Assisting on the IP aspects of M&A and private equity transactions: due diligence reports, transaction documents review
Implementing trademark strategies, structuring and expanding IP portfolios
Assisting in the defence of trademark rights in key IP offices (Benelux Office for Intellectual Property, BOIP; and European Union Intellectual Property Office, EUIPO)
Assisting in the defence of IP rights in Luxembourg courts (infringement and unfair competition actions)
Latest insights & Work Highlights
Publications, firm news and representative IP mandates.
Etude Breininger ranked as a leading firm in the 2025 edition of Legal 500 — Posted 31.03.2025
Etude Breininger maintains top rankings in Chambers Europe 2025 — Posted 24.03.2025
Trade Marks & Copyright 2025 - Luxembourg — Posted 21.03.2025
We combine deep IP technical knowledge with pragmatic, business-oriented advice to protect and monetise clients’ intangible assets.
TESTIMONIALS
What Others Say About Us
Recognition from leading directories and satisfied clients.
The team has always been extremely responsive, highly professional but also they completely understand our circumstances of being a young company.
Legal 500 2025 - IP and IT
Legal 500
The very reactive and helpful team has good and pragmatic knowledge of data protection issues.
Legal 500 2025 - IP and IT
Legal 500
The individuals at the firm we work with are highly professional lawyers but very personable and always highly responsive and accommodating at the same time.
Legal 500 2025 - IP and IT
Legal 500
Industry Recognition
Legal 500 2022 - IP & IT Luxembourg
"The firm provides an excellent pragmatic approach combined with a high level of expertise."
Legal 500 2021 - IP & IT Luxembourg
"The main quality I appreciate is engagement. The team thinks through the problem or question and proactively comes back asking for more information, in order to understand the bigger picture."
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