UNION-IP Application for membership

Thank you for your interest in the Union of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property. To become a member, you will have to complete the present form that will be processed further by the admissions commission of UNION-IP.

UNION-IP is a voluntary and selective organization and accordingly the Executive Committee needs certain minimum information to approve membership. Our custom is to deal with this by asking for reference from two members of UNION-IP as referees.

Please refer to Articles 1 and 4 of the UNION-IP Statutes to confirm that you are eligible to become a regular member. You may apply for a trainee membership in case that you are still in the qualification process to become an IP professional

MembershipApplication *Please select, if you apply for a regular membership or a trainee membership!

E-Mail address *

Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist ungültig.

Primary E-Mail address; you will receive all notifications and invitations to this address. It will be used as your personal identifier for your UNION-IP membership and will give access to your personal membership data!

Title

First Name *

Name *

CountryCode *Please choose the appropriate country code for your membership. It shall be the country where you have your place of business.

OfficeName of office/bureau/institution you are working for. It appears in your mailing address.

Street

Street add

PLZ *Post code

Place *

CountryName *Please choose the official country name with respect to tha above address detail

OfficeWebsite

First RefereePlease fill in the name of your first referee (must be member of UNION-IP)

Second RefereePlease fill in the name of your second referee (must be member of UNION-IP)

Alternative Invoice Address active

If you need to receive invoices frofm UNION-IP (event participation) to an alternative address, please fill in the data below. Otherwise, the invoice will be issued to the above address details. The invoice and reminders will be sent to the indicated mailaddress below.

Invoice E-Mail

Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist ungültig.

Primary E-Mail address to receive any invoices from UNION-IP.

Invoice E-Mail CC

Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist ungültig.

Please indicate any CC address to receive the invoices and reminders.

Office nameOfficial name of the invoice receiving office.

Street name

Postal Code

Town

Country

VAT Number of invoicing receiverYou may indicate the official VAT Number of the invoice receiving office. Bear in mind that UNION-IP is a non-profit organization and exempt from VAT.

Admitted to the EPO and/or EUIPO

Please tick the box if you are a member of epi or admitted as representative with the EUIPO.

Qualifying Examination

Please tick the box if you have passed a national qualifying examination regarding your IP profession.

Exam DetailsPlease indicate the name of the qualification examination.

Any comment to the membership commissionPlease indicate here any additional comment to the membership commission.

I agree to send the data to UNION-IP for the purpose of becoming member of UNION-IP. I further agree that UNION-IP may publish the following data on its website:

- Kind of membership, special state (Regular member, Trainee member, Honorary status)

- E-Mail address

- Name, Surname, Title

- Country

- Office with address details and Website

- UNION-IP Commission membership, if applicable

- UNION-IP role (bureau position, ExCo position), if applicable