Information on the Russia-Ukraine conflict

In the light of the ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine, we have compiled the following information for you:

Information on the Notice of the President concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1745 of 9 August 2024:
Each natural person filing an IP application with the DPMA must mandatorily submit an additional form (A 9520/8.24 or, in the case of trade mark applications, W 7005/8.24). If an IP application is filed by joint applicants, each person must submit the additional form. The DPMA will not process your IP application(s) if the additional form has not been submitted. (28 August 2024)

Notice of the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office of 9 August 2024 concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1745 of 24 June 2024 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine with respect to procedures before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (9 August 2024)
Important notice: No acceptance of new applications filed by Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia or by legal persons, entities or bodies established in Russia (19 July 2024)
Important notice: PPH between the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Russia (ROSPATENT) (17 August 2022)
Please take note of our security advice (in German) in connection with the Russia-Ukraine conflict: Sicherheitshinweise im Zusammenhang mit dem Russland-Ukraine-Konflikt (23 March 2022)
Information on sanctions imposed by the European Union concerning IP rights can be found on dedicated web pages of the European Commission (23 March 2022)
Information on IP procedures before the DPMA (7 March 2022)

Last updated: 25 April 2025

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