References for further information:
I. Rights:
- Intellectual Property (Registration and defence of patents, trademarks, designs, domains, varieties, etc.), Technology Law (EDP-Law, Telecommunication Law etc.) as well as Declaration, Contracts, Clauses and Judgement concerning this topic on http://www.iprecht.de (created from Attorney Michael Horak).
- “Die Markenrechtler”: Our German Website http://www.dieMarkenrechtler.de concerns trademark-related FAQ, form, trademarks registration and application, German and international Trademark Act and related jurisdiction.
- The German Patent and Trade Mark Office provides comprehensive assistance on all “registrable” intellectual property rights at http://www.deutsches-patentamt.de/ and http://www.dpma.de respectively. On these websites, you can find information on how to officially register a trademark.
- The University of Saarbrücken has an extensive collection on legal topics at its disposal in the form of http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/.
II. Other Special Links:
- The website http://www.ideahelp.de/ offers name and trademark searches.
- The ideahelp GbR, http://www.ideahelp.de, offers name and trademark searches.
- The American association AIPLA presents its activities in the field of intellectual property on the platform http://www.aipla.org/.
- The IBA (International Bar Association) offers information on international topics of the legal profession and numerous legal issues with an international orientation on the website http://iba.org/ .
- A highly multi-faceted information platform on all European Union issues, including its legal acts, opinions, etc., can be found on its official server http://europa.eu.int/ .
- The WIPO Conciliation Division provides a detailed overview of its domain arbitration procedures.
General Helpful Links
horak . Rechtsanwälte: Intellectual Property, Competition and Technology
Intellectual Property (IP) from our Attorney at Law and Law Firm Partner Michael Horak
horak . Rechtsanwälte Fachanwälte: General Website of our Law Firm
Markenrecht: Search, registration and defence of trademark rights
Patentrecht: Information on German, European and International Patent Law
Urheberrecht: Fundamentals of Copyright Law
Musikrecht: Information on U/E music with model contracts
Fotorecht: Summary of the copyright, personal rights and pictorial rights standards
IP-Recht/ IT-Recht: Website concerning IP/IT-related legal matters
Onlinerecht/Internetrecht: Fundamentals of Internet Law
Wettbewerbsrecht: Advertising (German) Law
Lebensmittelrecht: Food Stuff Law, Food Stuff Hygiene, Food Labeling
Anwalt Hannover: Legal Representation in legal matters
IT-Recht Hannover: IT-Law related website
IT-Recht: General Information on computer and internet law
Domainrecht: Information on Domain Name matters
UDRP-/ADR-Domainschiedsverfahren: Our of court, fast dispute resolution of domain disputes
Medienrecht: Copyright Law, Media Law, Music Law, Film Law, Television Law, Publishing Law, Event Law
Lebensmittelrecht/Arzneimittelrecht/Heilmittelwerberecht: Information on German Health Provisions
Energierecht, Energiewirtschaftsrecht: Energy Law Page
Rechtsanwalt für IT-Recht: legal information on information technology law
Europarecht: European Union Law, European Law
Wirtschaftsrecht: Law firm representation on business law topics
Gesellschaftsrecht Hannover: Information on Business Law
Anwaltliches Inkasso: Department for Receivables Collection / Receivables Management
Handelsrecht Hannover: Dept Collection Department/Receivable Management
Wirtschaftsrecht Hannover: Legal Information on Commercial Law
Insolvenzrecht Hannover: Regulation and insolvency proceedings
Steuerrecht: Legal Tax Advice and Tax Litigation
Tierrecht: Fundamentals of animal law, veterinary law, animal purchase law, animal keeper liability (in each case with small animal law/large animal law – in particular also horse law)
Anwalt für Arzthaftungsrecht: Office page on medical malpractice law and patient related law
Vergaberecht: Information on the public tender/award procedure
Anwaltskanzlei in Hannover: GTC/Internet and Warning Notice-related legal matters
Anwalt für Arbeitsrecht in Hannover: Information on labor law
Arbeitnehmererfinderrecht/ Diensterfindungen: Forms and deadlines of the German ArbnErfG, also called in English : Act on Employees Invention
Abmahnungabwehren: Music download / movie download warning letters (so-called file sharing warning or warning due to alleged uploads)
Recht des Ingenieurs: Information on building law, architectural law and engineering law
Fachanwalt Hannover: Specialist attorney for intellectual property law/ Specialist attorney for copyright and media law in Hanover
Gerichtsprozessanwalt: Appointment representation/sub-authorization in Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Bremen
Patent Applications
Markenanmeldung in D/EU/IR: Form for trademark application/ trademark consultation
Markenanmeldung in Österreich: Form for trademark protection in Austria
Weltweite Markenanmeldungen: Implementation of national, regional and international trademark applications in all countries where this is possible
Patentanmeldung/Patentschutz in D/EU/PCT: Commissioning of patent searches, patent applications and utility model applications
Designschutz (früher:Geschmacksmusterschutz): Search, registration and defence of designs
Fullservicemarkenschutz: Trademark searches/ Trademark monitoring/ Trademark application
Fixmarke: legal trademark applications in Germany, trademark protection in the EU, international trademarks and Chinese trademarks
Discountmarkenschutz: bundled packages for the implementation of trademark applications
Markenschutz-Pakete: Application packages for the registration of trademarks
Markenrecherche-Pakete: Carrying out trademark/name searches, in particular for advertising agencies, trademark portfolio owners and multi-brand applicants
EU-Markenanmeldung: Form for trademark registration
Gemeinschaftsmarkenschutz: EU-Trademark Application and Registration
Internationale Markenanmeldung: Form for trademark registration
Schutz von Bildmarken:Form for word and figurative trademark application
Schutz von Firmennamen: Form for name protection/trademark protection
Name schützen lassen: Protection of word marks
Marke schützen lassen: Trademark protection page
Markenrecherchen/Markenschutz: Staged offers for the implementation of a trademark application
Markenwiderspruch: Opposition proceedings concerning trade marks applied for/registered
Markenlöschung: Cancellation proceedings for registered trade marks
Markenrecherche: Trademark search form
Ähnlichkeitsrecherche nach Marken: Search for similar license plates
Firmensuche: Search for company names/ trademarks
Blogs
Our blogs are completely in German and concerns mainly the IP/IT legal matters, trademarks-related news, important cases, copyright, patent law, privacy policies and more general intellectual property:
http://www.markenrechteblog.de/
http://www.patentrechtler.com/
http://datenschutzrechtblog.de/
Most Important English Websites
horak Law Firm: Our Law Firm website
IP Law in Germany: intellectual property law
Trademark-Applications: Trademark applications
Attorney-Trademark: Trademark Lawyers
Trademark Filing: Trademark Registrations
Trademark Lawyers: General Information on Trademark Law
Patent-Filer: Patent Registrations (Germany, Europe and International)
Copyright Lawyer: Copyright
Online Law/ Internet Law: Internet Law
Health Lawyer: Health Act
Other Websites
Kreativtresor: Works of Intellectual Property
Reputation-Defender: Protection of privacy and reputation on the internet
Eyepi: IP Services
Servip: IP Services
Ingenieurbüro für Elektrotechnik: Engineer