Businesses around the globe value intellectual property and technology services protection. In perpetual motion, players must create innovative products and services to feed constant and escalating market demand.

Everyone, from the developer to the user, has an enormous amount invested in products. In this high-stakes environment, you need protection for your original work.

From protecting intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, designs and models, copyright) through advising on data security issues, technology licensing and sourcing strategies, you receive practical and informed guidance from a partner with extensive knowledge of different solutions who can choose your best legal remedy.

Introducing our activities

You can rely on our Intellectual Property, Technology and Communications group to provide targeted experience in all sectors of intellectual property, information technology, communications and telecommunications, acting as counsel as well as litigator, representing you and defending your interests. A distinguishing feature of our practice is its ability to provide quality legal monitoring on an international scale.
 
IP

Look to our lawyers' experience in drafting and negotiating all kinds of agreements relating to IP rights, from assignment through coexistence and license agreements to co-ownership and non-disclosure agreements. We participate together with you in the protection and management of your intellectual properties, technical knowledge, know-how and trade secrets. We also assist and represent you before judicial courts as well as in arbitration or mediation proceedings to settle all types of disputes.

Technology

Whether you are an IT supplier or customer in any of the major types of technology-related transactions, or require support in information management compliance, privacy and security issues in a wide range of areas (compliance, audit, registration, database management, for example), we frequently advise on regulatory issues, especially concerning domain names, and also conduct websites audits.

Communications-Media

Depend on our first quality follow-up on your most complex files, both at the local and international level. You will be supported by a team that represents many of the world’s best-known broadcasting corporations, advertising agencies, publishers, media operators and entertainment companies, with experience in intervening on all regulatory issues, drafting and negotiating all kinds of media and entertainment business agreements.

Recognition

Chambers Germany 2025: Dentons consolidates its ranking position

February 20, 2025

The inaugural edition of the Chambers Germany guide has recognized 14 Dentons lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Additionally, Dentons’ teams across Germany received practice and sector rankings in nine areas.

Dentons recognized for quality in Chambers France 2025

February 7, 2025

In the inaugural edition of Chambers France 2025 guide, Dentons lawyers received 15 individual rankings of which five were new or improved ratings. 

WTR 1000 2025: Dentons’ lawyers among world’s leading trademark professionals

February 3, 2025

The World Trademark Review has highly ranked Dentons in the 2025 edition of WTR 1000 – the directory recognizing the world’s leading trademark legal services providers and practitioners. 

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Insights

Seeds and sparks. Italy’s journey to AI

March 27, 2025

Italy: The new Italian AI bill (no. 1146), approved on March 20, 2025 by the Italian Senate, aims to integrate within the national legal framework provisions that go beyond those already implemented at the European level with the AI Act, addressing specific areas such as data governance, national security, healthcare, labor, and intellectual property, in order to further promote the development of new technologies.

AI and GDPR Monthly Update

February 25, 2025

Czech Republic: Welcome to another edition of the AI and GDPR Monthly Update, bringing you the latest insights into artificial intelligence and data protection. We’ll cover new AI regulations, opinions, court and authority decisions across the EU, and the latest use cases in AI implementation.

AI and GDPR Monthly Update (in Czech)

February 25, 2025

Czech Republic: Welcome to another edition of the AI and GDPR Monthly Update, bringing you the latest insights into artificial intelligence and data protection. We’ll cover new AI regulations, opinions, court and authority decisions across the EU, and the latest use cases in AI implementation.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises Nehlsen on acquisition of Karl Meyer AG

March 27, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised the international environmental and waste management service provider Nehlsen Aktiengesellschaft on the acquisition of Karl Meyer AG.

Dentons and Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership advise Linde + Wiemann on the sale of shares in Turkish joint venture

February 21, 2025

Global law firm Dentons and Turkish law firm Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership, the law firm Dentons works exclusively in relation to all Turkish law matters, have advised the Linde + Wiemann Group on the sale of its shares in the Turkish joint venture Linde Opsan A.S. Otomotiv to its former JV partner Opsan.

Chambers Germany 2025: Dentons consolidates its ranking position

February 20, 2025

The inaugural edition of the Chambers Germany guide has recognized 14 Dentons lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Additionally, Dentons’ teams across Germany received practice and sector rankings in nine areas.

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