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Caution: Fraudulent requests for payment by e-mail!

Fraudulent requests for payment circulated again! In contrast to previous cases of fraud, trade mark applicants were contacted by e-mail. The e-mails sent in the name of the Office management of the DPMA request the recipients to transfer allegedly due application fees (up into the four-digit range) to foreign accounts (recently also to a German IBAN). The scam e-mails are also accompanied by a forged trade mark certificate containing the logo of the DPMA.

The DPMA expressly points out that these e-mails are not related to the Office. The Office does not send invoices or requests for payment - neither for the application or renewal of IP rights nor for their publication in the official registers.

January 2025

  • Number of the month (20.01.2025)
    Three million electronic submissions
  • Ingenious women (15.01.2025)
    25th anniversary of the death of Hedy Lamarr: "Lady Bluetooth" - The inventive Hollywood star
  • Brands with history (14.01.2025)
    Elfie Donnelly: The inventor of Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg turns 75 years young
  • Milestones (09.01.2025)
    140 years ago: Patent for the ‘Nipkow disc’. A poor student becomes a pioneer of television
  • Important Notice (02.01.2025)
    to the "Version 2025" of the 12th edition of the Nice International Classification
  • Brands with history (02.01.2025)
    50 years Little Blue Elephant!

December 2024

  • Ingenious women (20.12.2024)
    Ice cream for everyone! 230th birthday of inventor Nancy M. Johnson
  • Milestones (19.12.2024)
    An invention that takes you to the top: 90 years ski lift with T-bar
  • Number of the month (17.12.2024)
    Eleven percent of all network-related international patent families come from Germany
  • Notice of the President (13.12.2024)
    concerning the termination of the option to file via eOLF as of 1 January 2025
  • Milestones (13.12.2024)
    When the going gets Duff: Ay, caramba! 35 years "The Simpsons"!
  • Information pages for small and medium-sized enterprises (12.12.2024)
    Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
  • Notices of the President (12.12.2024)
    concerning the opening hours of the Munich office of DPMA on 4 March 2025 (Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras) and concerning the amount of the provision costs for the supply of machine-readable data in 2025
  • Save the date - DPMAnutzerforum 2025 (10.12.2024)
    Leap innovations, AI and Digital Services Act
  • SME (02.12.2024)
    Joint study by the DPMA and WIPO on the use and perception of intellectual property by small and medium-sized enterprises in innovative industries
  • Background (02.12.2024)
    Festive IP: Santa´s patents, brands & designs

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Last updated: 20 January 2025