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This website is presented by the law office of Viering, Jentschura & Partners, Patent Attorneys and Attorneys at Law. The contents thereof, in whole and in part, are protected by copyright, are strictly informative, do not claim completeness and do not constitute legal or professional advice. No action with respect to any information contained on this website should be taken without consultation with a professional appropriate to the individual case. Any liability in connection with this website and the information provided therein, including the content of possible links, is therefore excluded to the extent permitted by law.

 

VJP acts as a legal partnership, registered in the partnership register of the Munich Regional Court under PR 97. Every partner acknowledged on this homepage is authorized to represent VJP separately. The VAT identification number is DE 130 750 861.

 

To the extent permitted by law, German law is applicable for all matters against this website or services rendered by VJP or its attorney(s) who handle(s) the individual case.

 

The person to be contacted in case of questions concerning the partnership or the contents of this website is Attorney at Law Dr. Wolfgang Festl-Wietek, Grillparzerstr. 14, 81675 Munich, Germany, Tel: +49 89 2106 970, E-Mail: wfestl@vjp.de. The partners can also be contacted at the address as stated for each respective office.

 

The European Patent Attorneys of VJP are registered with the European Patent Office and are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (epi, accessible at http://216.92.57.242/patentepi/english/index.php).

 

The German Patent Attorneys (the designations "Patentanwalt" or "Patent Attorney" on this webpage are always to be understood as "German Patent Attorney") are registered with the German Patent and Trademark Office and are members of the Patentanwaltskammer, the German Patent Attorneys' association (accessible at http://www.patentanwalt.de).

 

The European Trademark Attorneys and the European Design Attorneys are registered at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. The European Trademark Attorneys are subject to the rules of the Council Regulation on the Community Trade Mark.

 

The Attorneys at Law are German lawyers and members of the Rechtsanwaltskammer, the Chamber of Lawyers, for the judicial district of the Higher Regional Court Munich (accessible at http://www.rechtsanwaltskammer-muenchen.de).

 

The Singapore Patent Agent are registered to represent patent applications before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and are listed on the IPOS website (accessible at http://www.ipos.gov.sg). They are also members of the Association of Singapore Patent Agents.

 

The U.S. Patent Attorneys are registered to represent U.S. patent applications before the United States Patent- and Trademark Office (USPTO) and are listed on the USPTO website (accessible at http://www.uspto.gov).

 

The following professional codes of conduct apply to:

  • the European Patent Attorneys:

     

  • the German Patent Attorneys:

    • Berufsordnung der Patentanwälte (BOPA, professional rules for patent attorneys)

     

  • the German Attorneys at Law:

    • Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO, federal regulations for lawyers)
    • Berufsordnung der Rechtsanwälte (BORA, professional regulations for lawyers)
    • Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG, lawyers' remuneration act)
    • Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Gemeinschaft der Vollversammlung der Anwaltschaften der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (professional rules for lawyers of the European Community, general assembly of the legal profession of the European Community)

    All these rules and regulations are shown on the website of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (accessible at http://www.brak.de), "Informationspflichten gemäß §5 TMG" (information duties in accordance with Sec. 5 TMG - German Teleservices Law).

    The Code of Conduct for Lawyers in the European Community issued by the CCBE (Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community) is applicable to all lawyers acting in the EU.

     

  • the Singapore Patent Agents:

    Patent Act (Chapter 221), Part XIX, „Patent Agents“, and Patent Act (Chapter 221), Patents (Patent Agent) Rules 2001, which latter came into operation on January 2, 2002

     

  • the U.S. Patent Attorneys:

    Patent Rules Part 10 of 37 CFR – “Representation of Others before the United States Patent and Trademark Office”, accessible at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_rules.pdf. Further details can be found on the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) website within the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/gcounsel/oed.htm.

 

Copyrights of the pictures shown on the VJP website:

© Karsten de Riese, © Veronika Hieke, © Sébastien Smeur, © Anne Bendt, © Aengevelt, © SSilver / Fotolia, © Webgalerist / Fotolia, © Evan Gotti / Fotolia, © shockfactor / Fotolia, © myper / Fotolia, © Michael Möller / Fotolia, © XDream / Fotolia, © Alex Davidov / Fotolia, © crea-photo / Fotolia, © Pixel / Fotolia, © ushama / Fotolia, © klikk / Fotolia, © Pavel Losevsky / Fotolia, © Sergey Shlyaev / Fotolia, © Tjall / Fotolia, © Hao Wang / Fotolia, © Actomic / Fotolia, © benamalice / Fotolia, © Antonio Nunes / Fotolia, © Peter Galbraith / Fotolia