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All German Patent Attorneys are members of the Patent Bar (www.patentanwalt.de) and of the FICPI (www.ficpi.org).
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Notice of Professional Rules:

All German Patent Attorneys are bound to the Patent Agents Act (Bundesgesetzblatt I (official Federal Law Gazette), 1966, page 557, last amendment by means of Bundesgesetzblatt I, 2001, page 3656) and to the professional regulations of Patent Attorneys (Notifications 1997, 246 ff.).
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All European Patent Attorneys are bound to the Code of Professional Conduct of the epi (epi-Information 2/2001, page 75).

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HUBER & SCHUESSLER
Truderinger Strasse 246
D-81825 Munich, Germany

Tel.: +49 89 437788 0
Fax: +49 89 437788 99

Internet: www.patservice.de

Disclaimer

This Web-Site and the Materials are provided by the owners, Huber & Schuessler of Munich, Germany, on an 'as is' basis. Although Huber & Schuessler attempts to maintain the accuracy and currency of the Materials and information available on this Web-Site, Huber & Schuessler make no representations or warranties with respect thereto, and make no commitment to update the Materials on an on-going basis.

Information made available on this Web-Site is provided for general informative use only. Legal advice is not provided on this Web-Site, and none of the Materials or the information made available through this Web-Site should be considered to be or to represent legal advice. Hence information made available on this Web-Site should not be relied upon for legal purposes, nor as a guide as to whether particular actions should or should not be taken. For legal advice the counsel of an appropriate professional is recommended: our attorneys will be pleased to address particular legal issues upon receiving a direct request (see Terms of Use: '6').

By accessing and/or using this Web-Site and the Materials you agree to do so at your own discretion, risk and liability. In particular, but without limitation, you agree that any use by you of the Materials, including downloading any part thereof, that causes damage to a computer system, loss or corruption of data, or other harm is solely your responsibility.

Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement applies specifically to activities associated with this Web-Site and the materials that it contains. The current version of this Privacy Policy was last up-dated on:

05 April, 2004 (2004-04-05).

Material changes to this policy will be indicated both here and by a notice on the Huber & Schuessler Home Page.

1. Use of Web-Site.
If you object to any part of this privacy policy you should not access or use this Web-Site.

2. Information Collected.
There is no obligation to provide any personal information while accessing or using this Web-Site. Nevertheless, you may choose to provide us with certain personal information through some options that are available on this Web-Site for purposes of requesting additional information or services from Huber & Schuessler.

3. Examination of Information.
You are entitled to request whether we hold any information supplied by you, to receive a copy of such information and to correct it if inaccurate: please direct such enquiries to the eMail address given above.

4. Use of Information.
Personal information that you provide to Huber & Schuessler through these options will only be used to provide the additional information and services requested at the time. All staff and agents of Huber & Schuessler that process such personal information are required to respect and protect its confidential nature. Any statistical analysis of Web-Site usage is performed on an anonymous basis by which individual users cannot be identified.

5. Disclosure of Information.
We will only disclose your information to third parties if you have provided your specific consent or where we are obliged to do so by law.

Terms of Use

1. Current Version.
The current version of these Terms of Use was last up-dated on: 05 April, 2004 (2004-04-05).

2. Owner of this Web-Site.
The web-site identified by URL http://www.patservice.de and its directly associated web-pages ('this Web-Site') is owned and operated by Huber & Schuessler (also identified as Huber & Schüssler), an intellectual property law firm with head offices at Truderinger Strasse 246, D-81825 Munich, Germany.
Information, documents, communications, files, text, graphics, products and presentations available through this Web-Site are collectively termed 'the Materials'.

3. Parties.
Huber & Schuessler is a party to the Agreement set out in this document, as are you (the 'Visitor'), a person accessing, visiting and/or using this Web-Site and the Materials. These parties are referred to collectively as the 'Parties'.

4. Agreement to Restrict Use of Web-Site.
Access to this Web-Site and the use of this Web-Site and the Materials is made available by Huber & Schuessler for your use (as the Visitor) only under the following conditions (the 'Agreement').

ACCESS TO THIS WEB-SITE AND USE OF THE MATERIALS INDICATES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONDITIONS.
IF YOU, THE VISITOR, DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CONDITIONS LAID OUT BELOW, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEB-SITE OR THE MATERIALS: EXIT THIS WEB-SITE IMMEDIATELY.

Use of this Web-Site indicates acceptance of the conditions prevailing at the time use, which will be available for review through this Web-Site's 'Terms of Use' link. Huber & Schuessler may, at their sole discretion, revise any or all of these conditions at any time: notice of material changes to these Terms of Use will be provided on the home page of this Web-Site. Upon your breach of any of the Terms of Use your permission to use this Web-Site granted by Huber & Schuessler under this Agreement is terminated, and any Materials obtained or printed from this Web-Site in violation of the Terms of Use must be destroyed immediately.

5. The Materials and the Information Contained Therein is NOT Legal Advice.
Information made available on this Web-Site is provided for general informative use only. Legal advice is not provided on this Web-Site, and none of the Materials or the information made available through this Web-Site should be considered to be or to represent legal advice. Hence information made available on this Web-Site should not be relied upon for legal purposes, nor as a guide as to whether particular actions should or should not be taken. For legal advice the counsel of an appropriate professional is recommended: our attorneys will be pleased to address particular legal issues upon request (see '6').

6. Transmission of Information.
Security of information transmitted by e-mail cannot be guaranteed by Huber & Schuessler. If you wish to discuss a legal issue with an attorney from Huber & Schuessler, please make a brief initial contact restricted to a general description of the facts and identifying any other parties involved. This will enable Huber & Schuessler to perform a conflict-check to determine whether we are able to take the case and advise you further, and to establish appropriate means of secure communication.

7. Disclaimer.
This Web-Site and the Materials are provided by the owners, Huber & Schuessler of Munich, Germany, on an 'as is' basis. Although Huber & Schuessler attempts to maintain the accuracy and currency of the Materials and information available on this Web-Site, Huber & Schuessler make no representations or warranties with respect thereto, and make no commitment to update the Materials on an on-going basis. In particular, but without limitation, no representations or warranties are made with respect to the following:

(a) that this Web-Site and/or the Materials (including information contained therein) are accurate, complete, current, provided in a timely manner, or that they are suitable for any particular purpose;

(b) that the Web-Site will be operated in an unterrupted manner, or that its operation will be error-free, or that defects or errors in this Web-Site and/or the Materials will be corrected;

(c) that this Web-Site and/or the Materials will be free from potentially harmful entities such as computer viruses; and

(d) that communications to or from this Web-Site will be secure and/or will not be intercepted.

By accessing and/or using this Web-Site and the Materials you, the Visitor, agree to do so at your own discretion, risk and liability. In particular, but without limitation, you, the Visitor, agree that any use by you of the Materials, including downloading any part thereof, that causes damage to a computer system, loss or corruption of data, or other harm is solely your responsibility.

8. Limitation of Liability.
Huber & Schuessler, its partners, employees and agents, shall not be liable for any type of damages arising from the use of this Web-Site, howsoever they may arise, and whether or not Huber & Schuessler has been advised of the possibility of such damages. For purposes of clarity, under this Agreement Huber & Schuessler are expressly excluded from liability for any one or more of direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental and consequential damages that might otherwise be considered to arise from any source, including a loss of business, a loss of resources, a loss of data, and a loss of profits, associated either directly or indirectly with access to and/or use of this Web-site and the Materials, or with an inability to access or use this Web-Site and the Materials.

9. Indemnification.
You, the Visitor, agree to indemnify and hold harmless Huber & Schuessler, its employees and agents, from any claim or demand (including, where permissible by law, reasonable attorney's fees), made by any third party due to or arising from:

(a) your access to and/or use of this Web-Site and the Materials; and/or

(b) your contravention of these Terms of Use.

10. Limited Licence.
This Agreement grants you, the Visitor, as the person accessing and/or using this Web-Site and the Materials: a limited, non-transferable and non-exclusive licence to access, and use this Web-Site and the Materials for your personal, non-commercial use, including the right to download and store a single copy of items contained within this Web-Site and the Materials, and to print and/or photocopy such copies once, provided that the downloading, storage, printing and photocopying activities are for your own personal and non-commercial use, and that all copyright, acknowledgement, authorship and affiliation notices are maintained in association with the Materials and the information contained therein. Moreover, no copyright or other proprietary notices may be removed from the Materials or printed or copied versions thereof.

11. Visitor / User Conduct.
In accessing and/or using this Web-Site and the Materials you, the Visitor, agree in particular but without limitation, to the following specific conditions:

(a) that you will not disrupt or interfere with the access or use of this Web-Site and the Materials by any other person;

(b) that you will not up-load to this Web-Site, link to this Web-Site, or transmit through this Web-Site any harmful, disruptive or destructive material;

(c) that you will not disrupt, corrupt, contaminate or interfere with this Web-Site, the security of this Web-Site, the Materials, the security of the Materials, any web-site directly linked to this Web-Site and the Materials, or the security of any web-site so linked; and

(d) that you will not disrupt, corrupt, contaminate or interfere with any computer, computer system, or network connected to or accessible through this Web-Site and the Materials, or any web-site directly linked thereto; that you will not disrupt, corrupt, contaminate or interfere with the security of any such computer, computer system or network, nor will you browse, access, disrupt, corrupt, contaminate, modify or interefere with any content of any such computer, computer system, or network.

12. Copyright.
The presentation of subject matter and information within this Web-Site and the Materials is protected by copyright law, the copyright being owned by Huber & Schuessler or an accredited third party. Use of subject matter and information contained within this Web-Site and the Materials and/or the presentation of that subject matter and information is only permitted with the express authorisation of the owner: this prohibition applies particularly, but not exclusively, to modification, transmission, presentation, distribution, re-publication or other exploitation of any part of this web-site and the information contained therein.

13. Trademarks.
This Web-Site and the Materials may display the subject matter of registered trademarks, logos or service marks, or applications therefor (“Marks”), owned by Huber & Schuessler and/or third parties. The use of third party Marks within this Web-site and the Materials implies no relationship between the third party and Huber & Schuessler. You, the Visitor, are not permitted to use Marks appearing within the Materials without written authorisation from the corresponding owner. Huber & Schuessler provides no endorsements of wares or services related to any Mark appearing on this Web-site that is owned by a third party.

14. Links.
Links to third party web-sites accessible through this Web-site and the Materials are provided for the purposes of convenience only. Huber & Schuessler provide no endorsement of such web-sites or the information contained therein, nor do Huber & Schuessler have any control over or responsibility for such web-sites or the information contained therein. Hence Huber & Schuessler accepts no liability whatsoever for events resulting from the use of such links: by accessing and/or using such links and any third party web-sites associated therewith you, the Visitor, agree to do so at your own risk and liability.

15. Termination.
Huber & Schuessler reserves the right to cancel or terminate the availability of this Web-Site and the Materials, or any part thereof, and/or the availability or accessibility of any information contained therein, without notice and at Huber & Schuessler's sole discretion. Upon such cancellation or termination, authorisation to access and/or use the cancelled or terminated components of this Web-Site and the Materials and any information contained therein is immediately withdrawn. The conditions imposed by this Agreement survive such cancellation or termination, said conditions surviving as at the time that the access to and/or use of this Web-Site and the Materials occurred.

16. Entire Agreement.
This is the entire Agreement between Huber & Schuessler and you, the Visitor, a person accessing and/or using this Web-Site and the Materials, in relation to your access to and/or use of this Web-Site and the Materials, including but not limited to the information contained therein. Titles of the numbered sections of this Agreement are provided for convenience only and are of no legal effect.

17. Severence.
If any provision or condition of this Agreement is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be severed in a manner that retains as closely as permissible the meaning of the original Agreement, and the remaining provisions shall remain intact and enforceable.

18. Governing Law and Jurisdiction.
Huber & Schuessler operates this web-site in association with its electronic publisher, from the head offices of Huber & Schuessler in Munich, Germany. This Agreement requires that all issues relating to access to and/or use of this Web-Site and information contained therein are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, without regard to principles of the conflict of laws. All matters relating to access to and/or use of this Web-Site and information contained therein shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate courts located in Munich, Germany.