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Professional Regulations:
Peter Roos bears the titles
- Patentanwalt (Patent Attorney, Federal Republic of Germany)
- Zugelassener Vertreter vor dem Europäischen Patentamt
  (authorized representative before the European Patent Office)
- European Patent Attorney
- Zugelassener Vertreter vor dem Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt
  Marken, Muster und Modelle
  (authorized representative before the Office for Harmonization
   in the Internal Market Trade Marks and Designs)
- European Trademark Attorney
and is a member of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys and the "Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle" (FICPI) and is subject to the Patentanwaltsordnung (Regulations for Patent Attorneys) (Bundesgesetzblatt (Official Gazette) I, 1966, pg. 557, most recently amended in the Bundesgesetzblatt I,2001, pg. 3656) as well as the Berufsordnung der Patentanwälte (Professional Code for Patent Attorneys) (BOPA, Not. 1997, 243 ff.). All representatives authorized by the European Patent Office are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi) and are subject to the Disciplinary Regulations of epi, the "Richtlinien des Instituts der beim Europäischen Patentamt zugelassenen Vertreter für die Berufsausübung", and the "Code of Professional Conduct" of epi (epi-Information 2/2001, p. 75).

Competent Chamber:
Patentanwaltskammer (Chamber of Patent Attorneys)
Tal 29, 80331 Muenchen, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)89 24 22 78 0
Fax: +49 (0)89 24 22 78 24

Arbitration proceedings:
In the case of disputes between Patent Attorneys and their Clients, arbitration of the dispute is possible, upon request, before the Chamber of Patent Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer), to be found on the internet via the website www.patentanwalt.de of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys.

Indemnity Insurance:
R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG
Taunusstraße 1
65193 Wiesbaden, Germany
contract number: 406 255 420 880 79

As to the scope of insurance contracts of professional indemnity, liability claims arising from the following activities are excluded from coverage:
• activities by offices or agencies established or maintained in other states,
• activities in connection with the consultation and engagement with non-European law,
• activities of the attorney before non-European Courts.

Disclaimer:
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