Legal Notices (Germany)

Service provider: Mewburn Ellis LLP, City Tower, 40 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DE, UK. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7776 5300, email: mail@mewburn.com

Mewburn Ellis LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales as registered number OC306749.

Authorised representative: Members of Mewburn Ellis LLP, City Tower, 40 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DE, UK. A list of the members of Mewburn Ellis LLP is available for inspection at City Tower, 40 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DE, UK.

VAT number: GB 159 844 659.

Our places of business are:

Professional Indemnity Insurance: PAMIA Limited, 90 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4ST, UK, with no territorial restriction.

Titles, competent regulatory bodies and professional regulatory provisions for professionals working for Mewburn Ellis LLP in Germany

German patent attorneys (Patentanwälte)

German patent attorneys are admitted under German law, are registered at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, and are members of the German Patent Attorneys Association (Patentanwaltskammer): www.patentanwalt.de/en. German patent attorneys are subject to the professional rules stipulated by the German Patent Attorney Code (Patentanwaltsordnung, BGBl. I 1966, 557, BGBl. I 2001, 3656) and the Professional Code of Conduct for Patent Attorneys (Berufsordnung der Patentanwälte, Mitt. 1997, 243) and the FICPI (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle) Code of Professional Conduct.

UK patent attorneys

UK patent attorneys are admitted under UK law and are registered on the patent attorney register under Section 275 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, as maintained by the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg): www.ipreg.org.uk. As such, UK patent attorneys are subject to IPReg’s code of conduct.

UK trade mark attorneys

UK trade mark attorneys are admitted under UK law and are registered on the trade mark attorney register under Section 83 of the Trade Marks Act 1994, as maintained by the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg): www.ipreg.org.uk. As such, UK trade mark attorneys are subject to IPReg’s code of conduct.

European patent attorneys

European Patent Attorneys are registered at the European Patent Office (EPO) and are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (www.patentepi.com)  As such, they are subject to its code of professional conduct (epi-information 2/2001, 75) as well as the Regulation on Discipline for Professional Representatives issued by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.

European trade mark and design attorneys

European trade mark and design attorneys are registered at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO): www.euipo.europa.eu . As such they are subject to the prescriptions of council regulations regarding European Union trade marks and Community designs.