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for the website www.white-ip.com and its subpages pursuant to Section 55 para. 2 RStV and § 36 Abs. 1 VSBG.

Name, address, contact information

white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH

Königstraße 7
01097 Dresden
Phone: +49 (0)351 896 921 40
Fax: +49 (0)351 896 921 49
E-mail: kontakt@white-ip.com

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Limited liability company (GmbH)
Managing directors with power of representation: Patent attorney Dr. Leopold Joachim Gruner and attorney Albrecht Lauf
Register court, register number: Dresden Local Court, HRB 41284
VAT identification number: DE 344 256 220
Only patent attorney Dr. Leopold Joachim Gruner and attorney Albrecht Lauf are partners with power of representation and voting rights within the meaning of the PartGG.

Terms of use of the website; copyright

All content on this website is subject to the following terms of use:
All content and information on this website and its subpages is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice from white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH. For further and individual information, please contact us.
Any liability in connection with the use of the contents of this website or in relation to reliance on their accuracy is excluded.

The contents and information of external websites which can be reached via hyperlinks from this website or from pages to which this website refers are third-party contents over which white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH has no influence and for which white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH assumes no liability whatsoever.

The content and information on this website and its subpages are protected by copyright. Unless permitted below, reproduction of the content of this website and its subpages is prohibited. You may download or print extracts for your personal use on a local hard disk. You may also pass on copies of extracts from this website and its subpages to third parties for private use, provided that you acknowledge white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH’s existing copyright in this website and its subpages.
Any reproduction or distribution for commercial purposes is prohibited.

Legal job title, job title granting state

For patent attorneys and patent attorneys

The legal professional title “Patent Attorney” was awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany. They are subject to the German Patent Attorney Code (PAO), the Professional Code for Patent Attorneys and the Code of Conduct of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI). Current legal texts can be foundat www.patentanwalt.de [Externer Link].

Professionals with the title “European Patent Attorney or professional representative before the European Patent Office” are registered with the European Patent Office (EPO) and are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (www.patentepi.com). They are subject to the guidelines of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office for the exercise of their profession.
Current legal texts can be foundat www.patentepi.com [Externer Link].

For representation before the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the scope of activities is determined by Art. 89 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 of the European Union of December 20, 1993 on the Community trade mark and R 76, 77, 78 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2868/95 of the European Union of December 13, 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on the Community trade mark.
The regulations can be viewedat www.euipo.europa.eu [Externer Link].

For attorneys at law

The partners and employees working as attorneys at white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH are licensed to practice law in the Federal Republic of Germany and, unless expressly stated otherwise below, are members of the competent bar association as the licensing and supervisory authority.

The legal profession is essentially subject to the following professional regulations:

• Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO)
• Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers (BORA)
• Specialist lawyer regulations (FAO)
• Federal scale of fees for lawyers (BRAGO)
• Lawyers’ Fees Act (RVG)
• Code of Conduct for Lawyers in the European Union (CCBE)
• EuRAG Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany

These professional regulations can be found on the website of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers at www.brak.de.

Competent supervisory authorities and chambers

For patent attorneys and patent attorneys

German Chamber of Patent Attorneys
AöR
Tal 29
80331 Munich
Phone: +49 (0) 89 242278 0
Fax: +49 (0) 89 242278 24
E-mail: dpak@patentanwalt.de
www.patentanwalt.de [Externer Link]

For attorneys at law

Saxony Bar Association
Glacisstraße 6
01099 Dresden
Telephone: +49 (0) 351 31659 0
Fax: +49 (0) 351 33608 99
E-mail: info@rak-sachsen.de
www.rak-sachsen.de [Externer Link]

Information on professional liability insurance

Lawyers are obliged by the Federal Lawyers’ Act to maintain professional liability insurance with a minimum sum insured of EUR 2,500,000. The details can be found in § 51 BRAO.

Our liability insurance:
Markel Insurance SE
Sophienstraße 26
80333 Munich
Territorial scope: worldwide

Responsible for the content (§ 55 Abs. 2 RStV)

Responsible for the journalistic and editorial content of the white ip website is :
Patent attorney Dr. Leopold Joachim Gruner.
Phone: +49 (0)351 896 921 40
E-mail: compliance@white-ip.com
white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH
Königstraße 7
01097 Dresden

Information according to § 36 Abs. 1 VSBG (Consumer Dispute Settlement Act)

The European online dispute settlement platform (OS platform) in accordance with the ODR regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 524/2013) can be found at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr[Externer Link] .

white ip | Patent & Legal GmbH is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.