Privacy Policy

We are happy to welcome you on our website and have pleasure to inform you of the methods, extent and the purpose of processing personal data by LBP Lemcke, Brommer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB. This privacy policy refers to the processing of personal data when using our website.

1. Controller

The responsible party for these Internet webpages is LBP Lemcke, Brommer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB, Siegfried-Kühn-Strasse 4, 76135 Karlsruhe (hereinafter referred to as “LBP”). Further information about our company can be found under our Imprint.

2. Data Protection Officer

Our Data Protection Officer is Mr. Robert Dorsch, Rottstr. 13, 67373 Dudenhofen. He may be contacted via datenschutz@LBP-Patent.de for all LBP-related data protection issues, as well as in the event of reports concerning potential data breaches. If you wish to make a contact by telephone, please use our central phone number +49 721 91280-0.

SSL Encryption

This website is using SSL encryption for the sake of security and protection of confidential contents transfers, such as inquiries that you make to us as the site operator. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the browser address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon in the browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read along by third parties. We recommend that you keep your web browser up to date so that security during data transfers is provided for.

3. Which data are subject to processing?

3.1 Access data

Each time you access our website, the following data about your computer is logged:

• IP address of the accessing computer (for a maximum of 7 days)
• Operating system of the accessing computer
• Browser version of the accessing computer
• Name of the file retrieved
• Date and time of retrieval
• The amount of data transferred
• Reference URL

We are using the above-mentioned data only for the purpose of operating our website, particularly for detecting and fixing errors, for determining the utilization rate and to make adjustments and improvements (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

The IP address will be deleted no later than after 7 days from all systems used in connection with the operation of this website.

3.2 Cookies

We intentionally refrained from using all cookies that are not technically essential for the operation of our website. The cookies mentioned below are set by WPML, the plugin for multilingualism of our website and used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR:

• wp-wpml_current_language – Stores the current language. This cookie is enabled by default on sites that use the Language filtering for AJAX operations feature.
• wp-wpml_current_admin_language_{hash} – Stores the current WordPress administration area language.
• _icl_visitor_lang_js – Stores the redirected language. This cookie is enabled for all site visitors if you use the Browser language redirect feature.
• wpml_browser_redirect_test – Tests if cookies are enabled. This cookie is enabled for all site visitors if you use the Browser language redirect feature.

Session cookies will be deleted automatically when you exit our website or close your browser.

3.3 Hosting of our Website

Our website is hosted by

MIT4u
Vierzehn Morgen 11
76229 Karlsruhe
E-Mail: office@mit4u.de
Phone: +49(721) 50 99 00 00
Fax: +49(721) 50 99 00 99

We have taken all data protection measures necessary to safeguard legally compliant data processing, including but not limited to the conclusion of contracts with processors according to Art. 28 GDPR as well as implementation of appropriate technical and organizational measures according to Art. 25 GDPR.

4. Voluntary Information

To the extent that you provide us with data in connection with the clarification of a certain request, your data will be stored, processed and erased according to their purpose. We will not transfer such data to any third parties without authorization.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) a GDPR. Erasure of such data will take place two months after your request has been dealt with and settled.

5. Use of your data in case of a job application by e-mail

We invite you to send us your job application by e-mail. The personal data that are transferred to us will be processed and recorded only for the purpose of managing the application procedure. Should your application result in a work contract, these data will be stored for the purpose of managing the employment according to Art. 88 GDPR. Should your job application not result in a work contract, your application documents will be erased within two months from the communication of our decision of refusal to you, unless such erasure is impossible due to any other legitimate interests.

6. MyLBP

By clicking the button “MyLBP”, you will leave the internet pages of LBP and be forwarded to the login page of “PatOrg Viewer”, a client information system operated by

Brügmann Software GmbH
Bokeler Straße 18
26871 Papenburg
Phone: +49 (0) 4962 9119-0
Fax: +49 (0) 4962 9119-33
E-Mail: mail@patorg.de
Internet: www.patorg.de.

Making use of PatOrg Viewer is voluntary. As soon as Brügmann Software GmbH has activated the system for you, you will be able to consult online any of your files entrusted to us. The purpose of this processing is to provide you with a quick and convenient access to your files and thus enabling you to be informed of the current processing status of the respective file.

In order to make use of this system, it is necessary for you to conclude an agreement with Brügmann Software GmbH. It is not possible to use the system without such an agreement. Please feel free to contact us if you wish us to get in touch with Brügmann Software GmbH. Information regarding the processing of personal data by Brügmann Software GmbH can be obtained under the following link: patorg.de/privacy-policy/.

We have concluded a contract on data processing according to Art. 28 GDPR with Brügmann Software GmbH.

7. Range measurement & analysis

An analysis of the volume of visitors to our site, e.g. with Google Analytics, does not take place.

However, we are using the software “matomo” (www.matomo.org) on this website, a service provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St. 6011 Wellington, New Zealand. The software sets a cookie (text file) on your computer, by which your browser can be recognized. If subpages of our website are called, the following data are stored:

– the IP address of the user, shortened by the last two bytes (anonymized)
– the called subpage and the time of the call
– the page, from which the user has reached our website (referrer)
– which browser is being used with which plugins, operating system and screen resolution
– the time spent on our website
– the pages that are accessed from the called subpage

The data collected by matomo are stored on the servers of MIT4u. Transfers to third parties do not take place. We have concluded a contract on data processing according to Art. 28 GDPR with MIT4u.

We are using the data collected by matomo only for the range analysis of our website. The legal basis for such data collection is section 9 of the German Federal Act on the Regulation of Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (“TTDSG”).

8. Links

This website contains links to external pages. Please be aware that a click on such links may trigger registration of your IP address in the protocol of the website you call upon. This privacy policy, however, is valid for this website only and not for websites of any third parties. 

9. Your rights as a data subject

You have the right to the disclosure of information about your personal data. You may contact our Data Protection Officer or us directly for the disclosure of this information at any time.

Should your enquiry or request not be made in writing, we kindly ask for your understanding that we may request proof of identification from you that verifies who you are.

You also have the right to request the rectification, erasure or restriction of processing of your data, to the extent that you are legally entitled to do so.

Furthermore, you have the right to object to its processing within the scope of statutory provisions. The same applies to your right to data portability. Please feel free to contact us by email via datenschutz@LBP-Patent.de!

To the extent that we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, you have a right to withdraw your prior consent, which may be issued at any time, without affecting the legality of any previous processing on the basis of your consent up until the point in time of revocation.

You have the right to lodge a complaint regarding the processing of personal data by us with the relevant data protection supervisory authority. You may lodge your complaint, for example, with the regulatory authority responsible for LBP:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg
Lautenschlagerstr. 20
70173 Stuttgart
Telefon: 0711 61 55 41-0
Telefax: 0711 61 55 41-15
E-Mail: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de

Website with further contact data: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de/

Changes to this data protection information

We will revise this data protection information in the event of changes to this website, or on other occasions where such changes are required. The current version is always available at: https://www.LBP-Patent.de/datenschutz.