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On May 7th, DPMA Vice-President Dr Maria Skottke-Klein welcomed an eight-person delegation from Ukraine. Led by Liubov Maidanyk and Mykola Pototskyi, both Deputy Directors of UANIPIO, the delegation represented the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO) and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.
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DPMA President Eva Schewior and Vice-President Dr Maria Skottke-Klein met the Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Kim Wan Ki, for a professional exchange in Munich on 30 April. It was already the second meeting of the two heads within one year; this highlights the close and cooperative relationship between the two offices.
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The President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), Eva Schewior, has exchanged views with the CEO of the Saudi Intellectual Property Authority, Dr Abdulaziz Muhammad Al-Swailem, on important topics of industrial property protection. In addition to current initiatives by both offices, the meeting in Munich focused on application developments, digitalisation and possible future cooperation.
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Relations between the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are long-standing and intensive. US applicants in particular are among the most active foreign patent applicants at the DPMA. But it is about more than just numbers: The visit of Vaishali Udupa, Commissioner for Patents of the USPTO, to Munich on July 31 marked a significant moment for the cooperation between the two patent authorities.
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On 2 October, DPMA President Eva Schewior received the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Koichi HAMANO, and his delegation at the DPMA. The talks in Munich were also attended by representatives of the Japanese foreign trade promotion organization JETRO Düsseldorf and the Japanese Consulate General.
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DPMA President Eva Schewior has welcomed leading judges from all over the world to the three-day "WIPO Master Class" at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.
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Prior to the state visit of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Japan, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) welcomed a delegation of representatives of Japanese industry and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in Munich. The delegation, which included representatives of Japanese enterprises operating worldwide, informed themselves, among other things, about current developments at the DPMA.
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Centre of expertise for intellectual property, service provider to industry, contact for national and international stakeholders: On the visit by the budgetary rapporteurs from the German Bundestag, senior management informed them about the tasks and services of the DPMA.
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Last updated: 26 May 2025
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