DesignEuropa Awards 2024: DPMA President congratulates Dieter Rams Long-time Head of Design at Braun honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award – DPMA President Schewior: one of the most important designers – Technological innovations by Rams filed with DPMA as well…
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…
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…
Independent inventors: "An important part of our innovation landscape" Airbag, expansion plug, car wash: innovations that originate from outside of companies or research facilities prove to be successful time and again. The German Patent and Trade Mark Office took a…
"Valuable impulses": DPMA User Advisory Council concludes meeting period The DPMAnutzerbeirat at its meeting in April 2024 DPMA takes positive stock of the 2nd appointment period of its central advisory body - Important topics: Patent quality, attractiveness of the…
“Digital light” for cars and augmented reality: DPMA President congratulates the winners of the Deutscher Zukunftspreispreis From left to right: Federal Minister Cem Özdemir, Dr Hermann Oppermann, Dr Norwin von Malm, Stefan Grötsch, Federal President Frank-Walter…
“A Christmas without fakes” DPMA President advises Christmas shoppers to be cautious about counterfeits – product and trade mark piracy harms innovative companies and destroys jobs – European Police Office: consumers unknowingly support organised crime Press release…
DPMA annual figures for 2024: considerable increase in patent applications from Germany German Patent and Trade Mark Office saw more inventions of German companies and research institutions than in the previous year – automotive as the dominant industry in the patent…
DPMAnutzerforum 2025: creating the framework conditions for a catch-up race in new technologies At its key annual event, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office presents an analysis of patent applications concerning digital technologies – after falling behind for…
"Feel the beat of IP": DPMA celebrates World Intellectual Property Day 'World IP Day' on 26 April focuses on music - DPMA President: "Intellectual property rights and copyright are the basis for a lively music scene" - Almost 600 inventions relating to musical…