Welcome at VPP
VPP is an association for intellectual property professionals across industries and professions and focuses on industry issues.
It offers a wide range of services including:
- representing industry interests in the development of industrial property protection,
- the initial and further training of members beyond their professional training,
- a platform for newcomers or experienced professionals to share knowledge across sectors and participate in active Association life in all regions, be they patent attorneys, industrial property experts, innovation managers, patent administration specialists, researchers, examiners, judges or those providing services in the intellectual property field.
News
Important information
Dear VPP members!
The VPP office will be taking a summer break from 23 June 2025.
During this time, the office will be reorganising its processes. For ongoing processes and urgent cases, the VPP office can be contacted via the mailbox vpp.geschaeftsstelle@vpp-patent.de.
From 11.08.2025 we will be available again with new power. Thank you for your understanding.
We wish you a great summer
Your team at the VPP office
Date of the next events
Online-Kurse zur Vorbereitung auf die Prüfung zum Deutschen Patentanwalt 2025/06-09
Besprechung der Klausuren: 30. August 2025 und 13. September 2025 (Vortragsteil: 20./21. Juni 2025 und 05. Juli 2025)
US patent law for the European practitioner
Dienstag, 23. September 2025 in Frankfurt/Main
Aktuelle Rechtsprechung zu Patentverfahren vor dem Bundesgerichtshof
08. Oktober 2025 in Frankfurt/Main
SAVE THE DATE: Das Patentnichtigkeitsverfahren vor dem Bundesgerichtshof
27./28. Oktober 2025 in Karlsruhe
The current newsletter
Inhalt des Rundbriefs 2.2025 for download.
Current events in the district groups
Bezirksgruppe MITTE-WEST
Donnerstag, 11. September 2025 um 17:00 Uhr, Köln
Current events in the IP Administration department
Online-Seminar: IP Fristnotierung – Grundlagen und Praxisbeispiele
Freitag, 26. September 2025 von 10:00 bis 11:30 Uhr, Online
VORANKÜNDIGUNG! Veranstaltung IP-Adminiatration
Oktober 2025 (Der genaue Termin wird rechtzeitig bekannt gegeben.)
