Our Office The headquarters of the DPMA are located on Zweibrückenstraße in Munich. Inventiveness and creativity need effective protection. The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) is the centre of expertise for all intellectual property rights - for patents,…
Patents Patents are the IP rights with the longest history and with the highest level of technicity among the industrial property rights. Patent protection for products or processes is not easy to obtain but can prove to be extremely useful. Patents are the…
Our services for you The German Patent and Trade Mark Office is a modern service provider in the field of intellectual property protection. On these pages, we present to you an overview of IP rights and our wide range of services. Here you will find out how to…
Accessibility The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) endeavours to make its websites accessible, based on the national laws on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Act on Equal Opportunities for…
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…
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…
News Overview of current issues November 2026 10.11.2026 | Some links in forms are not working Following the migration of our website to a new content management system, all URLs and links to internal media (documents, videos) have changed. 05.11.2026 | SME Fund 2026…
Die Inhalte der DPMA-Internetseite im Überblick Was ist wo zu finden? Willkommen auf der Internetseite des Deutschen Patent- und Markenamts, kurz DPMA. In diesem Video zeigen wir Ihnen, welche Inhalte Sie auf unserer Internetseite finden und wie Sie sich schnell…
Other forms and documents 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 forms provided…