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Caution: Fraudulent requests for payment by e-mail!

Fraudulent requests for payment circulated again! In contrast to previous cases of fraud, trade mark applicants were contacted by e-mail. The e-mails sent in the name of the Office management of the DPMA request the recipients to transfer allegedly due application fees (up into the four-digit range) to foreign accounts (recently also to a German IBAN). The scam e-mails are also accompanied by a forged trade mark certificate containing the logo of the DPMA.

The DPMA expressly points out that these e-mails are not related to the Office. The Office does not send invoices or requests for payment - neither for the application or renewal of IP rights nor for their publication in the official registers.

November 2025

  • Milestones (07.11.2025)
    130 years ago: Discovery of X-Rays
  • Background (06.11.2025)
    100th anniversary of "The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs"
  • Background (04.11.2025)
    Hooray, hooray! Ellis Kaut's 105th birthday

October 2025

  • iENA 2025 (31.10.2025)
    iENA 2025: Hooks, eyelets, cardiac catheters
  • Press release (30.10.2025)
    The DPMA at the IENA in Nuremberg: Independent inventors are an important part of the innovation system
  • Background (28.10.2025)
    Sean Connery died 5 years ago: James Bond, technology and trade marks
  • Background (27.10.2025)
    New study: Research institutions and start-ups strengthen Europe's innovative power
  • Notice of the President (22.10.2025)
    of 21 October 2025 concerning the opening hours of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office from 24 December 2025 to 1 January 2026
  • Background (20.10.2025)
    Halloween & IP: Patents of Horror
  • Number of the month (15.10.2025)
    4,473,798 patent applications
  • Background (15.10.2025)
    Important contribution to Germany's innovative strength: Every seventh patent has a ‘migration background’
  • World og Trade Marks (13.10.2025)
    Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 - When books create brands – and intellectual property rights become visible
  • Important note on transfers to the DPMA (13.10.2025)
    When making transfers to the DPMA, please enter only "Bundeskasse" in the recipient field (IBAN: DE84 7000 0000 0070 0010 54). Otherwise, new bank checks may result in error messages.
  • Notice of the President (10.10.2025)
    of 25 September 2025 concerning the retention periods for documents of the DPMA
  • Milestones (06.10.2025)
    85th birthday: Imagine John Lennon at 85!

September 2025

  • Milestones (29.09.2025)
    75 years "Peanuts": Happy birthday, Charlie Brown!
  • Press release (25.09.2025)
    Computer and video games: German Patent and Trade Mark Office grants permission to collective management organisation for games industry
  • Number of the month (18.09.2025)
    Germany ranks second in digital agriculture
  • Sustainability (18.09.2025)
    Promoting climate protection: The DPMA is partner of WIPO GREEN, the international platform for green technologies
  • Press release (17.09.2025)
    Sharp vision for millions of people: gentle and highly innovative procedure for eye surgery among the three finalists for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis at the suggestion of the DPMA
  • CIGI (17.09.2025)
    Reminder: Financial support available for projects relating to geographical indications – applications must be submitted by 30 September 2025
  • Press release (16.09.2025)
    Global Innovation Index: Germany no longer among the top 10 countries
  • Milestones (11.09.2025)
    Jimi Hendrix died 55 years ago: The wild guitar god - Innovator, virtuoso, brand
  • Milestones (10.09.2025)
    Dieter Rams receives the WDO's 2025 World Design Medal
  • CIGI (10.09.2025)
    Financial support available for projects relating to geographical indications – applications must be submitted by 30 September 2025
  • Press release (05.09.2025)
    German Patent and Trade Mark Office further expands patent examination in Jena
  • Press release (01.09.2025)
    Seven German cities and regions among the world's strongest innovation clusters

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Last updated: 7 November 2025