World Intellectual Property Day 2022: DPMA President praises young inventors’ eagerness for innovation World Intellectual Property Day focuses on young innovators – In the past ten years, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office saw approximately 70 patent…
Serious case of fraud: German Patent and Trade Mark Office firmly warns of misleading payment requests Trade mark owners are being invited by scammers using forged signatures of a high-ranking DPMA staff member to make payment transfers on a massive scale – DPMA has…
Federal Minister of Justice: “Maintain and extend the competences of the DPMA” On his inaugural visit, the Federal Minister of Justice, Dr Marco Buschmann, praised the German Patent and Trade Mark Office as an “important pillar” of the federal government – DPMA…
Press releases 2022 9 December 2022 Fight against product piracy: G7 IP leaders intend to intensify cooperation 30 November 2022 “Extraordinary innovative capacity, excellent innovations” 21 November 2022 “Impressive and highly innovative technical solutions” 26…
Handover of office at the DPMA: Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer is succeeded by Eva Schewior Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer retired after 14 years as President – Eva Schewior will take over on 1 February – Federal Minister of Justice Dr Marco Buschmann paid tribute at a…
Dreister Betrugsfall: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt warnt vor gefälschten Zahlungsaufforderungen Betrüger fordern Markeninhaberinnen und Markeninhaber vorgeblich im Namen der DPMA-Präsidentin zu Überweisungen auf – DPMA warnt vor Zahlungen und veranlasst…
President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office meets with heads of offices at the margins of the WIPO Assemblies Eva Schewior with WIPO Director General Daren Tang and his Deputy Hasan Kleib and also Dr. Christian Wichard from the Federal Ministry of Justice…
A “stroke of luck” for the Federal Ministry of Justice and the DPMA State Secretary Dr. Angelika Schlunck of the Federal Ministry of Justice with Ulrich Deffaa and DPMA president Eva Schewior State Secretary Dr Angelika Schlunck is going to bid DPMA Vice-President…
New since January 2019: Registration of licences and register entries of declarations of willingness to license or sell/transfer Trade mark licences are now entered in the register upon request of the trade mark proprietor (licensor) or the licensee if the respective…
Trade Mark Protection Abroad Further topics International application Subsequent designation Trade marks - national, European or international protection A national trade mark application filed with the DPMA provides protection in the Federal Republic of Germany.…