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E‑Mail: dts@dts.law
DTS Patent- und Rechtsanwaelte PartmbB (DTS) is a partnership with limited professional liability (Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung), registered in the partnership register at the Munich Local Court under PR 1360. The partners authorized to represent the partnership are Robert Schnekenbühl, Dorothee Thum, Egbert Engel, and Joachim Happold.
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Responsible for the website dts.law within the meaning of the MStV (German Interstate Media Treaty): Robert Schnekenbühl.
Professional titles. licenses, competent chambers
All of our German attorneys at law are licensed in Germany and belong to the Munich Bar Association. All of our German patent attorneys are licensed in Germany and are members of the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys. All of our European patent attorneys are registered with the European Patent Office and are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (epi). All of our authorized representatives before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (“European Trademark and Design Attorneys”) are licensed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). All of our authorized representatives before the UPC (“European Patent Litigators”) are licensed by the Unified Patent Court (UPC). All our Swiss patent attorneys are registered in the patent attorney register of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE). Contact details:
Munich Bar Association, Tal 33 D-80331 Munich | Telephone: +49-(0)89–53 29 44–0 | Fax: +49-(0)89–53 29 44–28 | Email: info@rak-muenchen.de
Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Tal 29, D-80331 Munich | Telephone: +49–89-242278–0 | Fax: +49–89-242278–24 | Email: info@patentanwalt.de
epi , Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, Tal 29, D-80331 Munich | Telephone: +49-(0)89–242052 0 | Fax: +49-(0)89–242052-20 | Email: info@patentepi.com
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Avenida de Europa, 4 E-03080 Alicante | Telephone: +34–965-139–100 | Fax: +34–965-131–344 | Email: information@euipo.europa.eu
Unified Patent Court (UPC), Rue du Fort Thüngen 1, L-1499 Luxembourg.
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE), Stauffacherstrasse 65/59g, CH-3003 Bern | Telephone: +41 31 377 77 77 | E-mail: info@ipi.ch
Relevant professional regulations
Insofar as our attorneys have multiple licenses, the respective professional regulations apply cumulatively.
Our German attorneys at law are subject to the Federal Code for Lawyers (BRAO), the Rules of Professional Practice for Lawyers (BORA), the Specialist Lawyers Code of Conduct (FAO) and the Act on the Remuneration of Lawyers (RVG), as well as the Code of Conduct for European Lawyers (CCBE Rules of Professional Conduct). You can view and access all of these regulations on the website of the German Federal Bar Association (BRAK).
Our German patent attorneys are subject to the Patent Attorneys Act (PAO) and the Patent Attorneys Code of Conduct (BOPA), which you can view and access on the website of the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PAK), as well as the Code of Conduct of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI), which can be viewed and downloaded from the FICPI website.
Our European Patent Attorneys are subject to the Code of Professional Conduct of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO, which can be viewed and downloaded from the epi website.
Our European Patent Litigators (UPC) are subject to the Code of Conduct for Professional Representatives pursuant to Rule 290.
Insofar as our patent attorneys are (also) patent attorneys in other countries, they are also subject to the respective national regulations.
Switzerland: Federal Act on Patent Attorneys (Patent Attorney Act, PAG, SR 935.62)
Out-of-court dispute resolution
In the event of disputes between German attorneys at law and their clients, it is possible, upon request, to seek out-of-court dispute resolution at the regional bar associations (in accordance with § 73 (2) No. 3 in conjunction with § 73 (5) BRAO) or at the Conciliation Board of the Bar (pursuant to Section 191(f) BRAO) at the Federal Bar Association, which can be found on the Internet at: https://www.schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de/
In the event of disputes between German patent attorneys and their clients, it is possible to apply for out-of-court dispute resolution at the Chamber of Patent Attorneys (pursuant to Section 69 (2) No. 3 in conjunction with Section 69 (5) PAO), http://www.patentanwalt.de
Information pursuant to Section 36 to the Act on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Consumer Matters (VSBG)
Information pursuant to Section 36 VSBG: We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
DTS Zurich branch
In Switzerland, DTS operates a dependent branch as a patent law firm at the following address:
DTS Patent und Rechtsanwaelte PartmbB, Munich, Zurich Branch Office
Bahnhofplatz 1
CH-8001 Zurich
The branch office is registered with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich under company number CHE-404.602.281.
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