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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.
July 2025
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'Further strengthening the DPMA's expertise': Federal Minister of Justice Dr Stefanie Hubig emphasises the importance of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office during her inaugural visit to Munich - Press release (14.07.2025)
DPMA at WIPO General assembly: Artificial intelligence, examiner exchange and IT cooperation - Milestones (14.07.2025)
The fairy tale king of trade marks: Ludwig II´s castles are World Heritage sites now! - Presse release (08.07.2025)
Enjoy your vacation — say no to fakes! - Milestones (02.07.2025)
140 years rabies immunisation: Pasteur, Jenner and the history of vaccination
June 2025
- Background (30.06.2025)
Women's European Football Championship: Football and Technology - inventions all around the beautiful game - About us (27.06.2025)
We fly the rainbow flag - Ingenious women (25.06.2025)
75th anniversary of death of Melitta Bentz: The re-invention of coffee - Number of the month (24.06.2025)
91 million euros - the value of counterfeit food and drinks seized last year - Search - Find - Protect (20.06.2025)
ECTA Annual Conference in Berlin - SME Fund 2025 (20.06.2025)
Voucher 3 (patents) currently not available - Inventor and Innovation Awards (19.06.2025)
Congratulations to the winners of the Young Inventors Prize 2025! - Search - Find - Protect (16.06.2025)
DPMA President Eva Schewior at the Enforcement Summit 2025 - Indications of Geographical Origin (11.06.2025)
EUIPO warning: beware of counterfeit - Milestones (11.06.2025)
Bernhard Dräger's 155th birthday: The re-inventing of breathing - Milestones (04.06.2025)
World Oceans Day: Remembering Wilhelm Bauer and the first submarine
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Last updated: 21 July 2025
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