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Law firm:

Gramm, Lins & Partner
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Theodor-Heuss-Str. 1
38122 Braunschweig

Legal form:
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB (partnership with limited professional liability)

Court of registration: Hanover Regional Court
Registration sheet: PR 200777
VAT ID: DE 114 888 952

Contact:
Tel.: +49 531 28140-0
Fax: +49 531 28140-28
E-mail: braunschweig@grammlins.de

Partners authorized to represent the firm: Hanns-Peter Schrammek, Thorsten Rehmann, Joachim Gerstein, Christian S. Drzymalla, Kai Stornebel, Dr. Stefan Risthaus, Dr. Rolf Kröncke, Dr.-Ing. Jan Plöger, Sebastian Aisch, Dr. Andreas Friedrich

Attorney authorization:
All of the patent attorneys and attorneys at law who work at Gramm, Lins & Partner are authorized to practice under German Law.

The attorneys at Gramm, Lins & Partner are members of the Braunschweig Bar Association, Lessingplatz 1, 38100 Braunschweig (www.rak-braunschweig.de).

The following professional rules of conduct apply to the attorneys: 

  • Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte (BORA; Professional Rules for Attorneys at Law)
  • Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO; Specialized Attorney Regulations)
  • Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG; Attorney Remuneration Law)
  • Professional rules for attorneys in the European Union (CCBE Code of Conduct)
  • Additional rules of professional conduct relating to the Geldwäschebekämpfungsgesetz (GwG; Money Laundering Act)

The professional rules of conduct for attorneys can be viewed and accessed in German and English at the website of the German Federal Chamter of Attorneys (www.brak.de) in the section entitled "Berufsrecht".

The patent attorneys at Gramm, Lins & Partner are members of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Tal 29, 80331 Munich (www.patentanwalt.de) and members of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (www.ficpi.org).

The following professional rules of conduct apply to patent attorneys:

  • Berufsordnung der Patentanwälte (PatAnwO; Code of Professional Conduct for Patent Attorneys)
  • Additional rules of professional conduct relating to the Geldwäschebekämpfungsgesetz (GwG; Money Laundering Act)
  • Professional standards of the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)

Gramm, Lins & Partner’s authorized representatives at the European Patent Office (European Patent Attorneys) are members of the epi (European Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (www.patentepi.com) and are subject to the epi Code of Professional Conduct.

The professional rules of conduct applying to patent attorneys and authorized representatives at the European Patent Office can be viewed at the websites of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys, the FICPI, and epi.

Professional liability insurance
Zurich Insurance plc, Germany Branch
Solmsstr. 27-37
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Territorial validity: worldwide.

Dispute resolution according to ODR Regulation and ADR Directive:
The EU platform for out-of-court online dispute resolution can be accessed via the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/

Gramm, Lins & Partner are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body in accordance with the ADR Directive and the Act on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Consumer Matters (VSBG).

Photography:
Heidrun Gramm, Braunschweig

Disclaimer:
This website is provided solely as information. It does not contain any legal advice or expert opinion. We do not accept any liability for any loss or disadvantage arising from using the information on this website.

We do not accept any liability for the content of linked websites. Responsibility for the content is borne exclusively by those operating such sites.

Stefan Risthaus

Dr. iur.

QUALIFICATIONS

Attorney at Law
Certified IP Lawyer

OFFICE BRUNSWICK

Phone +49(0)531 28140-0
Fax +49(0)531 28140-28

vCard of Stefan Risthaus to Download

Main practice areas
  • Representation in trademark application proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
  • Representation in opposition proceedings before GPTO and EUIPO
  • Coordinating the assertion and defense of trademarks belonging to internationally operating clients as part of the management of global trademark portfolios
  • Asserting and defending intellectual property rights in infringement proceedings
  • Representation in competition and copyright matters
  • Internet law, including representation in WIPO dispute proceedings
  • Border seizure procedures in the event of product piracy
  • Representation in out-of-court warning procedures arising from the violation of intellectual property rights and copyright, and infringements of competition law
Professional career
2007 Specialist lawyer for the protection of intellectual property rights
2005 Partner
2000 Registered as an attorney at law and joined the law firm
1998 to 2000 Clerkship at the Chamber for Patent and Trademark Disputes at Braunschweig regional court, the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer, and the State Cartel Office in Hannover
1997 to 2003 Doctorate in Jurisprudence (Dr. iur.) at the University of Osnabrück
1992 to 1997 Studied law at the University of Osnabrück

 

Memberships
  • AIPPI
  • GRUR
  • ECTA
  • Marketing Club Braunschweig
Lecturing
  • Lecturer in procedural trademark law (German trademarks, EU trademarks, internationally registered trademarks) from 2006 to 2018 as part of the specialized lawyer’s course on intellectual property rights at the German Lawyers’ Academy
Publications
  • Risthaus: “Erfahrungssätze im Kennzeichenrecht“ (Principles derived from experience in trademark law) dissertation 2003; 2nd edition 2007
  • Risthaus: “Gibt es nur eine Post?“ (Is there only one Post?), in: MarkenR 2004, 392
  • Risthaus: “Ende vom Mythos des Monopoleinwands - „Lotto“ ist ein Glücksspiel” (The end of the myth of the monopoly objection - ‘Lotto’ is a Game of Chance), in: WRP 2006, 1299
  • Risthaus: “Spiele und Spielregeln im Urheberrecht - Rien ne va plus?” (Games and rules in the field of copyright law – Rien ne va plus?), WRP 2009, 698
  • Risthaus: “Seniorität – ein vergiftetes Geschenk“ (Seniority – a poisoned chalice), Commemorative publication for Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Ahrens 2016
Languages

German, English

QUALIFICATIONS

Attorney at Law
Certified IP Lawyer

OFFICE BRUNSWICK

Phone +49(0)531 28140-0
Fax +49(0)531 28140-28

vCard of Stefan Risthaus to Download