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As part of a nationwide campaign week, the Association of German Patent Information Centres provides companies with information on the use of IP rights.
Press release of 10 August 2023
Munich. As part of a nationwide campaign week, the Association of German Patent Information Centres (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Patentinformationszentren e.V. – PIZnet) provides free consultations on how to manage IP rights. From 18 to 24 September 2023, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups and founder teams will learn how to commercially exploit patents, utility models, trade marks, designs and copyright. The consultations providing guidance and orientation (no legal advice) will take place at 16 locations of German patent information centres. The concept of the campaign week, developed by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) in cooperation with PIZnet, was met with great response during the campaign weeks organised in the past six years.
Individual advice for every company
The individual and unbiased consultations providing guidance and orientation show companies the potential of intellectual property (IP) in their respective business sector.
Interested in success stories? In the past years, a number of companies have obtained advice during the campaign week and, additionally, at the patent information centres. They share their experience on our LinkedIn channel
The exclusive and free services offered as part of the campaign week include:
- a brief analysis of about two hours concerning all company-specific IP areas;
- an initial assessment of the company’s IP situation and the resulting economic opportunities and risks;
- the joint evaluation of how to best use IP at the company and, at the same time, the development of approaches to gaining strategic competitive advantages;
- an auditor report including valuable information on the optimisation of the company’s IP situation.
It is necessary to make an appointment in advance by phone using the following contact details of the respective regional organiser. Please contact your regional patent information centre:
AACHEN // Patent- und Normenzentrum, Universitätsbibliothek RWTH Aachen University
Telefon0241 8094480, E-Mail pnz@ub.rwth-aachen.de
BREMEN // Patentinformationszentrum Bremen, InnoWi GmbH
Telefon0421 33117010, E-Mail mail@innowi.de
CHEMNITZ // Patentinformationszentrum, Technische Universität Chemnitz
Telefon0371 53113160, E-Mail piz@tu-chemnitz.de
DARMSTADT // Patent- und Markenzentrum Rhein-Main, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Telefon06151 1676500, E-Mail patent-markenzentrum@ulb.tu-darmstadt.de
DORTMUND // Informationszentrum Technik und Patente, Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund
Telefon0231 7554014, E-Mail itp@tu-dortmund.de
DRESDEN // Patentinformationszentrum, Technische Universität Dresden
Telefon0351 46335540, E-Mail piz@tu-dresden.de
HANNOVER // Patentinformationszentrum Niedersachsen, EZN Erfinderzentrum Norddeutschland GmbH
Telefon0511 8503080, E-Mail piz-niedersachsen@ezn.de
ILMENAU // PATON - Landespatentzentrum Thüringen, TU Ilmenau
Telefon03677 694505, E-Mail paton.lib@tu-ilmenau.de
KAISERSLAUTERN // Patent- und Informationszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz, RPTU Kaiserslautern - Landau
Telefon0631 2053202, E-Mail ulrich.glup@rptu.de
KIEL // Patent- und Markenzentrum, WTSH - Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologietransfer Schleswig-Holstein GmbH
Telefon0431 66666831, E-Mail schutzrechte@wtsh.de
MAGDEBURG // Patentinformationszentrum und Normen-Infopoint Magdeburg, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität
Telefon0391-6752979, E-Mail patentinformation@ovgu.de
NÜRNBERG // Patentzentrum Bayern, Bayern Innovativ GmbH
Telefon0911-20671939, E-Mail patentzentrum@bayern-innovativ.de
ROSTOCK // Patent- und Normenzentrum, Universitätsbibliothek Rostock
Telefon0381 4988671, E-Mail patente@uni-rostock.de
SAARBRÜCKEN // Patent- und Markenzentrum Saar e.V. (saaris)
Telefon0681 9520461, E-Mail patentinfo@saaris.de
SCHWERIN // Patentinformationszentrum Schwerin, TBI Technologie-Beratungs-Institut GmbH
Telefon0385 3993193, E-Mail piz@tbi-mv.de
STUTTGART // Patent und Markenzentrum Baden-Württemberg
Telefon0711 1232558, E-Mail info@pmz-bw.de
The German Patent and Trade Mark Office
Inventiveness and creativity need effective protection. The DPMA is the German centre of expertise for all intellectual property rights – patents, utility models, trade marks and registered designs. The largest national patent office in Europe and the fifth largest national patent office in the world, our office stands for the future of Germany as a country of inventors in a globalised economy. Its staff of just under 2,800 at three locations – Munich, Jena and Berlin – provide services for inventors and companies. They implement federal innovation strategies and develop the national, European and international protection systems.