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General Information on Patent Attorneys

Job Title

Any person being referred to as a Patent Attorney has been bestowed the German job titles "Patent Attorney" and/or "European Patent Attorney" respectively "Authorized Representative before the European Patent Office".

Responsible Patent Attorney Association (Germany)

Patent Attorney Association Munich
Tal 29, D-80331 München
Telefon: +49 (0)89-24 22 78 0
Telefax: +49 (0)89-24 22 78 24

Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office - epi
Tal 29, D-80331 München
Telefon: +49 (0)89-201 70 80
Telefax: +49 (0)89-202 15 48

Professional rules and regulations

The professional rules and regulations which are relevant for the patent attorneys of this law office are

• the German Patent Attorney Code (Federal Law Gazette I 1996, p.557, last amended by Federal Law Gazette I 2001, p.3656
• the patent attorneys' professional code of conduct (communication 1997, 243 et sqq.
• the FICPI conduct rules
• the Code of Professional Conduct of the epi (epi Information 2/2001, p. 75)

General Information on Lawyers

Job Title

Any person being referred to as a "lawyer" has been bestowed the German job title "Lawyer of the Federal Republic of Germany".

Chamber of Lawyers in charge (Germany)

Chamber of Lawyers Munich
Tal 33, 80331 München
Telefon: +49 (0)89-532944-0
Telefax: +49 (0)89-532944-28

Professional rules and regulations

• BRAO (German Federal code for lawyers)
• BORA (German lawyers' professional code of conduct)
• BRAGO (German federal regulation on attorneys' fees/law on the remuneration of lawyers RVG)
• the conduct rules of lawyers in the European Community for international legal relations
• EuRAG of March 9, 2000 (Federal Law Gazette I p.182), law on the occupation of European lawyers in Germany

The regulations are available on the website of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (Information according to § 6 TDG)