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September 2020
- Background (18/09/2020)
Munich Oktoberfest cancelled - Serious drinking: Beer & IP - Coronavirus - Update (17/09/2020)
DPMA extends protective measures against coronavirus - Background (16/09/2020)
Sustainability Action Days - Announcement (15/09/2020)
Trade marks: Announcement of the usual characters accepted by the DPMA pursuant to section 7 of the Trade Mark Ordinance - Milestones (11/09/2020)
Jimi Hendrix´s 50th anniversary of death: The wild god of guitar - Virtuoso, innvator, brand - Press release (09/09/2020)
New visualisation system nominated for the Zukunftspreis award at the suggestion of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office – DPMA President: More people could benefit from high-performance medicine - Coronavirus - Update (04/09/2020)
German Patent and Trade Mark Office remains closed for the public due to the coronavirus pandemic - Background (02/09/2020)
Global Innovation Index 2020 - Innovation in the times of Corona: At the top everything stays the same
August 2020
- Information by the trade mark departement (27/08/2020)
When trade marks become generic - Press release (26/08/2020)
PIZnet campaign week: "IP strategies for SMEs" - Nationwide free consultations providing guidance and orientation to small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups - Background (19/08/2020)
James Bond: Brands and technology in Her Majesty's Secret Service - Background (17/08/2020)
The perfect private castle on the beach in Corona times - Number of the month August (11/08/2020)
165,000 requests to the DPMA customer service - Background (05/08/2020)
The Champions League Final Tournament: The technology behind the ball - Apollo's women (03/08/2020)
The women who took Neil Armstrong to the moon
July 2020
- Milestones (24/07/2020)
The world´s first subway: The tube under the Thames - Number of the month July (14/07/2020)
23,143 patent applications in the field of digitisation in 2019 - Classifications (02/07/2020)
Next Version of IPC Enters into Force on January 1, 2021
June 2020
- 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
May 2020
- 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
April 2020
- 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: 18 September 2020
