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.
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Note: Limited availability of the VPP office
The VPP office will be available exclusively by email from September 12 to 18, 2025. Starting September 19, 2025 we will also be available by phone.
Registrations for VPP events may take longer to process. Thank you for your understanding.
The VPP office team
Date of the next symposium
VPP-Herbstfachtagung 2025
23./24. Oktober 2025 in Erfurt
Date of the next events
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
Online-Kurse zur Vorbereitung auf die Prüfung zum Deutschen Patentanwalt 2025/10-2026/01
Vortragsteil: 24./25. Oktober 2025 und 14. November 2025 / Besprechung der Klausuren: 09./10. Januar 2026
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 technical presentations
Netzwerktreffen des Fachreferats Nachwuchsförderung und Netzwerk
22./23. Oktober 2025 in Erfurt
Current events in the district groups
Bezirksgruppe NORD
Mittwoch, 01. Oktober 2025 ab 16:00 Uhr, Hamburg
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
Online-Seminar: Besonderheiten der IR-Marke
Freitag, 10. Oktober 2025 von 10:00 bis 11:30 Uhr, Online
Online-Seminar: Reform des EU-Designrechts
Mittwoch, 12. November 2025 von 10:30 bis 11:15 Uhr, Online
