LinksIntellectual property protection (applying for and defending patents, trademarks, designs, domains, plant varieties, etc.), IT law (internet law, telecommunication law, etc.), as well as contracts, clauses and court rulings related to the above-mentioned areas of law can be found at www.iprecht.de (presented by our attorney-at-law Michael Horak). Trademark attorneys: information on trademark law and trademark protection, applications forms and the Trademark Act can be found at www.diemarkenrechtler.de/. Information relating to advertising and competition law can be found at www.diewerberechtler.de/. Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts: this website (at http://www.regtp.de/) comprises the appropriate acts and official regulations of telecommunications law (download possibility). The German Patent and Trademark Office offers comprehensive support in all areas of protective rights that can be registered at www.deutsches-patentamt.de or at www.dpma.de. You can download among others leaflets (e.g. „How to register a trademark?”) and official forms. The collection of links includes the remaining patent offices all over the world. The Bundessortenamt provides comprehensive information on plant varieties protection rights and rights relating to agricultural crops at www.bundessortenamt.de. Federal laws can be found at bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht The University of Saarbrücken offers a comprehensive collection on legal topics at www.jura.uni-sb.de. The American association AIPLA presents its activity in the area of commercial property protection at www.aipla.org. The IBA (International Bar Association) offers information on international aspects of the lawyer’s profession as well as on legal questions on international level at iba.org. A multilevel information platform concerning all issues relating to the European Union, including its legal acts, directives, etc. can be retrieved at the official server at europa.eu.int. The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre offers a detailed overview of domain name dispute resolutions. | 
