Specialist lawyer for commercial legal protection
The specialist lawyer for commercial legal protection was introduced by the constitutional assembly of the Federal Bar Association (BRAK). Lawyers can acquire this title if they can prove relevant technical knowledge according to § 14h of the specialist lawyer regulations (usually by successfully passing a so-called specialist lawyer course) and a minimum number of cases actually processed according to § 5 para. 1 lit.o FAO.
According to § 14 h of the specialist lawyer regulations , special knowledge of commercial legal protection in the following areas must be proven:
- 1. Patent , utility model , registered design and plant variety protection law ,
- 2. Right of trademarks and other marks,
- 3. law against unfair competition,
- 4. Law of European patents, trademarks and designs as well as European plant variety protection law,
- 5. Copyright references to commercial legal protection ,
- 6. Procedural law and special features of procedural law.
According to Section 5 (1) (o) FAO, proof of the processing of 80 cases from at least three different areas of Section 14h No. 1 to 5 must be provided, with each of these three areas requiring at least 5 cases. A maximum of five cases may be applications for property rights, with a multiple application counting as one application. At least 30 cases must be legal proceedings, of which at least 15 must be judicial proceedings.
statistics
As of January 1, 2018, 1,172 specialist lawyers are admitted in Germany.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Bar Association , Statistics (PDF; 146 kB)
