About Us

Zurich

RENTSCH PARTNER Ltd.
Attorneys at Law and Patent Attorneys
Kirchenweg 8
8008 Zurich
Switzerland

T: +41 44 225 70 70
F: +41 44 225 70 80
E: office(at)rentschpartner.com
W: www.rentschpartner.ch

Court of registration and registration number: Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich
Company Identification Number (UID): CHE-112.028.939
VAT ID (MWST number): CHE-112.028.939 MWST
Commercial Register: CH-020.2.005.078-9

Supervisory Authorities and Professional Associations:

• Attorneys: Supervised by the High Court of the Canton of Zurich, Supervisory Commission for Attorneys. Relevant professional rules can be found at: www.gerichte-zh.ch
• Patent Attorneys: Supervised by the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (EJPD): www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/departments/department-justice-and-police-fdjp.html
• Attorneys-at-law: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV): www.zav.ch
• Attorneys-at-law: Swiss Bar Association (SAV / FSA): www.sav-fsa.ch/en/home
• Patent Attorneys: Association of Independent European and Swiss Patent Attorneys (VESPA): www.vespa.swiss
• Patent Attorneys and Trademark Attorneys: Association of Swiss Patent and Trademark Attorneys (VSP): www.vsp.ch/en/.

Professional Regulations:

• Attorneys: Federal Act on the Free Movement of Lawyers (BGFA, SR 935.61)
• Patent Attorneys: Federal Act on Patent Attorneys (PAG, SR 935.62)

Munich

RENTSCH LEGAL PARTNERS GmbH
Oberhuberstraße 3
81827 Munich 
Germany

T: +49 89 12228952
F: +49 89 12228953
E: wyder(at)rentschpartner.com
W: www.rentschpartner.com

Court of registration: District Court (Amtsgericht) Munich
Registration number: HRB 302667
Authorized representative: Dr. Thomas Wyder, Patent Attorney
VAT ID: DE454525438

Chambers and Professional Associations:

• Patent attorneys admitted under German law are registered with the German Patent and Trademark Office and are members of the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys (www.patentanwalt.de/en/), which also serves as their supervisory authority.
• Patent attorneys admitted under Dutch law (Octrooigemachtigden) are members of the Dutch Patent Bar (Nederlandse Orde van Octrooigemachtigden: www.octrooigemachtigde.nl/en).
• European Patent Attorneys (authorized to represent clients before the European Patent Office) are registered with the EPO and are members of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (www.patentepi.com). They are subject to the EPI Code of Professional Conduct (epi-information 2/2001, 75) and the disciplinary rules issued by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation.
• European Trademark Attorneys and European Design Attorneys are registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). They are subject to the rules set out in the Community Trademark Regulation (EC No. 40/94) and the European Union Trademark Regulation (EU 2017/1001), available at (www.euipo.europa.eu/en).

Professional Regulations:

• Patent Attorney Act (PatAnwO): www.gesetze-im-internet.de/patanwo/index.html
• Code of Conduct for Patent Attorneys (BOPA): www.patentanwalt.de/files/pak/pdf/pa/berufsordnung.pdf
• Dutch Code of Conduct for Patent Attorneys: www.octrooigemachtigde.nl/en
• FICPI Code of Professional Conduct: www.ficpi.org
• epi Guidelines for Professional Conduct: patentepi.org/en/
• Disciplinary Rules of the EPO Administrative Council: patentepi.org/en/

Professional Liability Insurance:

Professional liability insurance is provided by R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG, Raiffeisenplatz 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany. The geographical scope of the insurance covers professional activities worldwide and meets at least the minimum requirements pursuant to § 45 of the German Patent Attorney Act (PAO).