How to benefit from patents, trade marks and other IP rights: Free consultations for SMEs, start-ups and founder teams As part of a nationwide campaign week, the Association of German Patent Information Centres provides companies with information on the use of IP…
Global Innovation Index 2024: DPMA President calls for more dynamism to ensure innovative capacity Current study by the World Intellectual Property Organisation: Germany falls slightly behind and ranks 9th - Efficient innovation system and strengths in traditional…
Independent inventors in Germany: Where do they come from and what do they file patent applications for? Analysis of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office: Many independent developers from Bavaria with innovations in mechanical engineering – DPMA President:…
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…
Germany ranks 8th in World Intellectual Property Organization‘s list of most innovative states – DPMA President: innovation system is stable, productive and efficient, yet there are risks due to digitisation deficit Germany ranks 8th in World Intellectual Property…
Exhibition: “We protect innovations – 25 years of the DPMA in Jena” The exhibition of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office can be visited at the Goethe Galerie from 11 to 23 September. It shows the history of the Jena office and presents practical examples of…
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…
“The quality of patent examination is top priority” President Eva Schewior (on the right in the picture) and the members of the DPMA User Advisory Council At the autumn meeting of the User Advisory Council of the DPMA, the DPMA President emphasised the outstanding…
G7 meeting on intellectual property: “Metaverse is not an area outside the law” Patent and trade mark offices of the leading industrial nations agree a joint statement on intellectual property in digital contexts and on diversity and inclusion – DPMA President: IP…
Free IP advice for start-ups and SMEs German Patent and Trade Mark Office and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Patentinformationszentren e.V. announce a nationwide campaign week (PIZnet Aktionswoche) in November Press release of 10 October 2024 Munich. The German Patent…