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Classification practice harmonised In the course of implementing the Harmonised Database (HDB), it became clear that classification practices of the national trade mark offices in Europe, to a certain extent, differed considerably from each other and from the…
Poster Gallery Jens Frahm, Inventor of real-time MRT Patents made in Germany: big and small inventions that influence our lives From ingenious everyday inventions to results of highly complex research: the DPMA poster gallery shows what people can achieve with…
CVs of DPMA top management The German Patent and Trade Mark Office is headed by the President, the two Vice-Presidents as well as the Heads of the four Directorates General. President Eva Schewior Eva Schewior, LL.M. (University of Michigan) Eva Schewior has been…
International application for registration of a mark Under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (PMMA), you can extend the protection of your applied-for or registered national trade mark internationally. To…
Request for subsequent designation By submitting a request for subsequent designation, you can add (subsequently designate) further countries to your international trade mark registration or add (for an already designated country) further goods and services from the…
Topographies Protection of semiconductor products Topographies are three-dimensional structures of microelectronic semiconductors. According to the Semiconductor Protection Act ( Halbleiterschutzgesetz ), the DPMA is responsible for this IP right. Topography…
DPMA annual figures for 2024: considerable increase in patent applications from Germany German Patent and Trade Mark Office saw more inventions of German companies and research institutions than in the previous year – automotive as the dominant industry in the patent…
DPMAnutzerforum 2025: creating the framework conditions for a catch-up race in new technologies At its key annual event, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office presents an analysis of patent applications concerning digital technologies – after falling behind for…
"Feel the beat of IP": DPMA celebrates World Intellectual Property Day 'World IP Day' on 26 April focuses on music - DPMA President: "Intellectual property rights and copyright are the basis for a lively music scene" - Almost 600 inventions relating to musical…