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Global Innovation Index 2025 Germany no longer among the top 10 countries

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SME information pages: How to protect your innovations

Intellectual property rights are essential to effectively protect innovations and brands from theft and counterfeiting. You can find out what you can do as a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) to protect your business inventions and what role patents, trade marks, designs, copyrights and trade secrets play in this on our SME information pages.

Other duties of the DPMA

Other duties of the DPMA

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Patent information centres: all-round service providers in the field of industrial property protection

The DPMA closely cooperates with patent information centres all over Germany. They offer all those interested in IP comprehensive information on industrial property protection, including initial consultations for inventors, training courses and search support.

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Germany ranks second in digital agriculture

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Financial support available for CIGIs – deadline 30 September 2025!

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Died 25 years ago: Carl Barks

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Diversity and inclusion at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office

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Annual Report 2024: Statistics, utility value, exciting perspectives

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