German office legal notice

The following is information required by Sec. 5 of the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and Sec. 2 of the Regulation on Information Duties Regarding Services (DL-InfoV). If you have any questions in this regard, please contact one of our offices or send an e-mail to info@iamstobbs.com.

Responsible within the terms of the German Telemedia Act is Julius Stobbs, Principal and Founder of Stobbs (IP) Ltd.

Our places of business


Cambridge

Building 1000,
Cambridge Research Park,
Cambridge.
CB25 9PD

Phone: +44 1223 435240
Fax: +44 1223 425258
E-mail: info@iamstobbs.com

VAT No.: 155 4670 01

London

Stobbs House
St Chads Place
London
WC1X 9HH
Great Britain

Phone: +44 1223 435240
Fax: +44 1223 425258
E-mail: info@iamstobbs.com

VAT No.: 155 4670 01

Munich

Widenmayerstr. 34,
80528 München
Germany

Phone: +49 89 26200533
Fax: +49 89 26200534
E-mail: info@iamstobbs.com

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Stobbs (IP) Limited is a private limited company with headquarters in Cambridge, UK.

Authorized Representative in Germany:

Manager of the German office is Barbara Niemann-Fadani, Stobbs, Widenmayerstr. 34, 80528 München.

Director of Stobbs (IP) Ltd is Julius Stobbs, Building 1000, Cambridge Research Park, Cambridge. CB25 9PD

A list of the names of the employees of Stobbs is available on the website.

The German attorneys at law (Rechtsanwälte) are all, unless specified otherwise, admitted as attorneys at law under German law and are members of the Bar Association in the district of the Higher Regional Court Munich (www.rak-muenchen.de). The German attorneys at law are also admitted representatives at the EUIPO in Alicante, Spain. They are subject to the rules of the Council Regulation on the Community Trade Mark (Regulation EU 2017/1001) and Council Regulation on the Community Design (Regulation EC/6/2002).

The Irish solicitors are registered as European Lawyers with Rechtsanwaltskammer Munchen.

The following codes of professional conduct apply:

For the UK Attorneys

  • Code of Conduct of 28 September 2009 of the Intellectual Property Regulation Board (www.ipreg.org.uk)

For the German Attorneys at Law and Lawyers registered as European Lawyers in Germany

  • Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO) [German Attorney at Law Code]
  • Berufsordnung der Rechtsanwälte (BORA) [Code of Conduct for German attorneys at Law]
  • Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG) [German Attorneys Remuneration Act]
  • Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO) [Act Governing Specialized Attorneys]
  • Code of Conduct for Lawyers in the European Union issued by the CCBE (Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community) (www.ccbe.eu)

For the Irish qualified solicitors

  • Regulated by the codes of practice of the law Society of Ireland - https://www.lawsociety.ie/lsra-professional-codes/

 

The codes pertaining to German attorneys at law can be found in both English and German on the website of the Federal Bar Association at www.brak.de. For English, click on "Informationspflichten gemäß § 5 TMG" and click there on "The Federal Lawyers Act", etc.

Our attorneys, including our UK and German attorneys, have a worldwide professional indemnity insurance at  PAMIA Limited, 90 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4ST, UK.

The rules governing conduct do not allow the solicitors or attorneys of our firm to represent conflicting interests. For this reason, it is always ascertained before representation is assumed whether there is a conflict of interest.