Trade Mark Protection Further topics Convergence Projects of the EU What's new since the MaMoG Modernised: What has changed in trade mark law Since early 2019, the amended Trade Mark Act has been in force, which contains many new features: Now you can apply for…
30 years of German unity – two German patent offices merged to become one office Further topics Personal memories Traditional East Brands The DPMA today 30 years of German unity in intellectual property On 3 October 1990, the German Patent Office (DPA), as the German…
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…
Bernd Antonius „The AfEP had an organisational structure that can also be found at the patent office today, with a president, a vice-president and directorates general subdivided according to technical aspects. The Directorate General ‘Documentation’, responsible…
Lecture services Support for events on intellectual property topics You are planning an event and are looking for know-how from experts? We will gladly try to find a speaker from the DPMA who is suitable for your respective topic - within the scope of legal…
What happened on 3 October 1990 Personal memories of the events 30 years ago On our sites concerning the German Unity Day and the merger of the patent offices in West Germany and East Germany, people who worked at the Office for Inventions and Patents and the German…