Merck Group

Legal Entities

• MERCK KGaA
• Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
• INTERVET INTERNATIONAL B.V.

Overview

Merck KGaA was founded in 1668 in Darmstadt, Germany, making it one of the world's oldest chemical-pharmaceutical companies; it is distinct from the US Merck & Co. spin-off historically. The group operates healthcare, life science, and electronics materials.

UK filings reflect the Merck Serono biopharma space and laboratory reagent brands, with careful naming distinctions versus American Merck entities. Cross-border homonymy makes clearance and coexistence agreements a defining feature of its European trademark practice.

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