Invalidity Proceedings Invalidity proceedings before the DPMA During the registration procedure before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), only the formal requirements and a few substantive requirements for design protection are examined, namely the…
Designs Today, the design of a product plays a considerable role in the buying decision. It provides impetus and sparks emotions. Since functional differences between products have become fewer and life cycles shorter, the visual appearance of a product is often the…
IP Search Whether you are planning an application yourself, looking for technical solutions to specific problems, require information about a particular business's patent portfolio, want to avoid breaching third-party IP rights, or have other queries - the DPMA…
Protect How to protect your intellectual property Would you like to protect a technical invention, a name, your logo, a product design or your handcrafted product? Then the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) is the right place for you. On the following pages,…
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Forms and other documents for Patents 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…
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…
Forms and Leaflets Documents on procedures at the DPMA Do you wish to file a patent application, to have a change recorded for your trade mark or are you looking for information on design applications? On the following pages, you will find application forms,…
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…