IP rights briefly explained How can I protect my ideas? Useful inventions, successful designs or catchy brand names can have great economic value. Good, if you protect your intellectual property from being copied! Intellectual property and its protection is of…
Forms and other documents for Trade marks Please note: Links may not work temporarily Due to the migration of the DPMA website to a new content management system on 10 November 2026, all URLs and links to internal media (documents, videos) have changed. The official…
iENA trade fair 2026 Baby Dreams, Dog Aid, Fight the K.O. Drops At the iENA trade fair in Nuremberg , the DPMA and partner organisations provide information on patents, utility models, trade marks and designs. Hundreds of inventors are once again presenting their…
For Founders, Start-ups and SMEs: Free Intellectual Property Assessment The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) and PIZnet, the network of German Patent Information Centres, are offering individual consultations on patents, utility models, trade marks and…
Re-inventing the wheel John Dunlop, the (re)inventor of the pneumatic tyre This story is quite well-known: In 1888, John Boyd Dunlop can no longer watch his son struggle on a tricycle with hard rubber tyres on the bumpy road surface in Belfast and invents the…
Patenting around the world International survey on the Patent Prosecution Highway: We want to hear your views How can the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme be tailored even more effectively to the needs of its users? Share your experiences and help us…
“Inventions Can Change the World” President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) calls on inventors to protect their intellectual property comprehensively and in good time – DPMA and partner organisations provide information at the iENA trade fair in…
E-filing of IP applications In addition to the "classical" paper-based application, which can be filed by mail or by fax, the DPMA also offers the option to file applications electronically. DPMA direktPro : electronic filing of applications with signature card for…
Classifications Further topics For patents and utility models For trade marks For designs What are intellectual property right classifications for? Classifications serve to index the content of documents and thus allow for content-driven retrieval, independent of the…
Search - Find - Protect Baby Dreams, Dog Aid, Fight the K.O. Drops iENA 2026 At the iENA trade fair in Nuremberg, the DPMA and partner organisations provide information on patents, utility models, trade marks and designs. Hundreds of inventors are once again…