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Hofstetter, Schurack & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei, PartG mbB

Registered Office: Munich
AG Munich PR 1149

Partners with sole power of representation:
Dr. Alfons J. Hofstetter, Dr. Eduard Schurack, Dr. Wolfgang Rumpler, Armin Lechner, Michael Schwarz, Nils Dimmler, Dr. Colin Breithaupt, Dr. Jürgen Wurm, Eva Saarmann, Vera Kühr

Address:
Balanstraße 57
81541 Munich
Telephone: +49 (0)89 450918 - 0
Telefax: +49 (0)89 450918 - 12
Email: mail@hss-ip.de

VAT-ID: DE 177578462

This web site contains information and comments which refer to legal questions and developments in the field of Intellectual Property Law. These contents do not lay claim to being complete and must not be mistaken as professional legal advice; insofar, any liability is herewith excluded. As legislation on intellectual property rights is variform and complex we recommend in any case to seek detailed legal advice prior to taking any steps on the basis of any information provided on this web site. Nor are Hofstetter, Schurack & Partner liable for the contents of any web site referred to from a hyperlink on this web site.

Please find below our statutory information pursuant to Section 5 TMG - German Telemedia Act and Section 2 DL-InfoV – German Ordinance on the Duty to Provide Information on Services. If you have any questions, please contact one of our offices or send an email to mail@hss-ip.de.

The persons identified on the website as Patent Attorneys are licensed members of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys in the Federal Republic of Germany, Tal 29, 80331 Munich, Germany, and can be contacted at dpak@patentanwalt.de. They are also entered in the list of Patent Attorneys maintained by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

The Temporary Representatives at the Austrian Patent Office are also entered in the list of Patent Attorneys authorized to represent under Section 16 a PatAnwG (Austria),
see https://www.patentanwalt.at/media/pdf/PatentanwaelteVerzeichnis16a.pdf. Their cross-border activities are supervised by the Austrian Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Linke Wien-zeile 4/1/9, 1060 Vienna, reachable at info@oepak.at.

The European Patent Attorneys are registered with the European Patent Office and are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI), Bayerstraße 83, 80335 Munich, Germany, available at info@patentepi.com.

The European Trademark and Design Attorneys are registered as professional representatives with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Avenida de Europa 4, 03009 Alicante, Spain, pursuant to Art. 120 EUTMR and Art. 78 CDR. The list can be viewed at https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#advanced/representatives.

Unless otherwise indicated, the persons designated as Rechtsanwältin or Rechtsanwanwalt bear the title "Rechtsanwalt" (Lawyer) awarded in the Federal Republic of Germany. The competent Bar Association is Munich, Tal 33, 80331 Munich, which can be contacted at info@rak-m.de.

 

The following professional regulations apply to

a) the German Patent Attorneys:

b) the Temporary Representatives at the Austrian Patent Office:

c) the European Patent Attorneys:

  • Directives of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) for the exercise of profession (patentepi.com)
  • Regulations of the Governing Board of the European Patent Office concerning disciplinary matters (patentepi.com)
  • Code of Professional Conduct of epi

d) the European Trademarks and Design Attorneys:

  • Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the Parliament and of the Council of June 14, 2017 on the European Union Trademark (EUTMR)
  • Regulation (EC) 6/2002 of the Council of December 12, 2001 on Community Designs (CDR)

e) the German Rechtsanwälte:

  • Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO) (Federal Code for the Legal Profession)
  • Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (BORA) (German Ordinance on the Profession of Lawyers)
  • Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO) (German Ordinance for Lawyer's Specialization)
  • Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG) (German Lawyers Fee Act)
  • Standesregelungen der Rechtsanwälte in der Europäischen Union (CCBE-Berufsregeln) (Code of Conduct for Lawyers in the European Union (CCBE Code of Conduct))

The above-mentioned provisions can be downloaded under www.brak.de, „Berufsrecht“.

Professional Liability Insurance:
Signal Iduna Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Joseph-Scherer-Str. 3, 44139 Dortmund

Territory: worldwide

Our services are primarily aimed at companies and not consumers. We are therefore neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Notwithstanding this, we inform you in accordance with Art. 14 para. 1 ODR-VO as follows: The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (OS), which you can find at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.

 

Pictures

Pokorny Fotografie, http://www.fotografie-pokorny.de
istock, http://www.istockphoto.com/de

Texts, Editing

Florian Schumacher

Consulting, Conception, Design and Implementation:

seitenwind – Kommunikation und Design
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93055 Regensburg

Telephone: +49 941 646456-0
Email: info@seitenwind.com
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