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Guests at DPMA

Collegial exchange and plans for cooperation
DPMA President meets CEO of the Saudi Arabian Intellectual Property Authority

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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USPTO at DPMA Munich
AI, diversity, patent quality and raising public awareness

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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DPMA President receives high-ranking delegation from Japan
Topics in focus: unitary patent, green transformation technologies inventory and patent examiner exchange

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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Top judges from all over the world at the DPMA
DPMA President welcomes international IP experts to three-day WIPO Master Class at DPMAforum

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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Delegation

Before state visit of Federal Chancellor
DPMA welcomes Japanese industry representatives

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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Group picture President and Members of the Bundestag

Visit from the German Bundestag
DPMA President seeks support for future projects of the DPMA as budgetary politicians visit the DPMA

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: 4 October 2024