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Classifications (02/07/2020)
Next Version of IPC Enters into Force on January 1, 2021

Milestones (30/06/2020)
135 years rabies vaccination: Pasteur's heirs and the search for the redeeming vaccine
Corona Update (29/06/2020)
Information on the partial reopening of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office for public access
Press release (23/06/2020)
Federal Administrative Court clarifies central issue of supervision of collecting societies and thus strengthens competences of the DPMA
On occasion of the MSME Day of the United Nations on 27 June 2020 (12/06/2020)
Sustainable corporate growth through IP rights
Milestones (08/06/2020)
Bernhard Dräger´s 150th birthday - The reinvention of breathing
Number of the month June (03/06/2020)
76,919 effective utility models in Germany

Notice No. 1/20 (29/05/2020)
of the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office concerning the Guidelines for the Search under section 43 of the Patent Act (Search Guidelines)
Background (28/05/2020)
World Bicycle Day: Drais´ invention - the best way of mobility?
Background (19/05/2020)
The Bollerwagen: Much-loved beer wagon
Press release (19/05/2020)
E-mobility and autonomous driving: Innovations have risen rapidly
Milestones (12/05/2020)
60 years of laser: Shine a light
Number of the month May (08/05/2020)
1 475 registrations for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Milestones (08/05/2020)
85 years parking meter: The patented penny grave"
Milestones (04/05/2020)
75 years after WWII: Enigma - cryptography and war

Press Release (29/04/2020)
"Efficient, fast and low-cost": law amendments strengthen rights of trade mark proprietors
Background (28/04/2020)
Star Wars Day: Use the force - Intellectual Property Rights around "Star Wars”
Press Release (24/04/2020)
To celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office looks at renewable energy – DPMA president: key technologies for the future of our economy and society
Events (22/04/2020)
World IP Day 2020 - Innovate for a green future
Milestones (22/04/2020)
90 years "Knirps": Great little umbrella
Background (17/04/2020)
Looking for ideas! World day of Creativity and Innovation
Background (08/04/2020)
WIPO report 2019: China leading in international patent applications
Milestones (07/04/2020)
Break-up 50 years ago: Beatles, Brands & Apples
Background (07/04/2020)
Easter time and Corona: DPMA warns against misleading requests for payment
Number of the month April (06/04/2020)
2 367 trade mark applications in the class 30
Background (03/04/2020)
Easter patents: How does the Easter Bunny lay his eggs?n
Common Communications from EUIPO and national offices published (01/04/2020)
"Common practice for assessing disclosure of designs on the Internet" and "Harmonisation of the practice regarding the distinctiveness of three-dimensional marks containing other elements"

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Last updated: 2 July 2020