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News - Archive 2024

November 2024

  • Number of the month (28.11.2024)
    24.1 per cent of all academic patents in Europe originate from Germany
  • Indications of Geographical Origin (27.11.2024)
    The EU is extending the protection of Indications of Geographical Origin to industrial and artisanal products. Previously, this only applied to wines, spirits and agricultural products.
  • Background (26.11.2024)
    Joint EUIPO-Europol report exposes far-reaching consequences of IP crime in Europe
  • Notice of the President (25.11.2024)
    regarding the participation of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office in the service WIPO DAS as Depositing Office
  • Search (19.11.2024)
    Upgrade of IPC research is now online
  • Milestones (15.11.2024)
    Enrico Fermi died 70 years ago: The man who knew everything
  • Search (07.11.2024)
    IPCneu launches on November 19: Improved functions and new user interface for more efficient searches
  • Important Notice (06.11.2024)
    The DPMA will cease to accept electronic applications filed using the EPO tool eOLF at the end of the year
  • Cooperation (07.11.2024)
    DPMA User Advisory Council: DPMA takes positive stock of the 2nd appointment period of its central advisory body
  • Ingenious women (05.11.2024)
    Hedy Lamarr´s 110th birthday: Inventive femme fatale

October 2024

  • Obituary (31.10.2024)
    On the death of Norbert Haugg, DPMA President form 1995 to 2000
  • Notice of the President (24.10.2024)
    concerning the opening hours of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office from 24 December 2024 to 1 January 2025
  • Background (17.10.2024)
    Halloween and IP: Patents of horror
  • Milestones (15.10.2024)
    In the video: 130 years of the brand - how it all began
  • Background (10.10.2024)
    The DPMA congratulates on 5 years of SPRIND: Interview with Rafael Laguna de la Vera and Berit Dannenberg - our new Gründerzeit
  • Notice of the President (04.10.2024)
    Publication of the patent and utility model documents, the Patent Gazette (Patentblatt), the Trade Mark Journal (Markenblatt) and the Design Gazette (Designblatt) on the official internet platform DPMAregister at the end of 2024 and in 2025
  • Guests at DPMA (04.10.2024)
    Collegial exchange and plans for cooperation: DPMA President meets CEO of the Saudi Arabian Intellectual Property Authority

September 2024

  • History (30.09.2024)
    75 years DPMA in Bavaria: How Munich became the center of IP rights
  • Milestones (27.09.2024)
    László Biró´s 125th birthday: The man with the pen
  • Milestones (20.09.2024)
    Design Europa Awards 2024: Lifetime Achievement Award for Dieter Rams
  • Background (17.09.2024)
    International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: AI as a challenge for international IP Offices
  • Background (12.09.2024)
    Reinhold Messner´s 80th birthday: Mountains, museums and the meaning of life
  • Press release (11.09.2024)
    President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) recognises the three teams nominated for the Federal President’s Deutscher Zukunftspreis – DPMA proposal among the finalists
  • Maintenance work (04.09.2024)
    Due to maintenance work on the Internet lines, the external services of the DPMA are temporarily unavailable. From 04/09/2024, 22:00 to 05/09/2024, 05:00, access to the online services is not possible. We ask for your understanding.
  • Background (03.09.2024)
    75 years ago: The "invention" of the Currywurst

August 2024

  • Number of the month (13.08.2024)
    RG 28, mopeds from Suhl, "Erika" and many other design classics
  • Inventor and Innovation Awards (09.08.2024)
    Call for applications for the European Women Innovators Award 2025 launched: Apply by 25 September 2024
  • Notice of the President (09.08.2024)
    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
  • From the world of design (06.08.2024)
    Seating furniture for outdoors or indoors

July 2024

  • Guests at DPMA (31.07.2024)
    AI, diversity, patent quality and raising public awareness - the key topics of the meeting
  • Number of the month (30.07.2024)
    Counterfeit sports goods cause damage amounting to 850 million euros per year
  • Milestones (26.07.2024)
    Seven brands and the "Taylor's version"
  • Background (25.07.2024)
    Olympic Summer Games in Paris: Olympia - Mascots, money, marketing
  • Important notice: (22.07.2024)
    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
  • Search: DPMAregister (19.07.2024)
    GDR form treasure now searchable in DPMAregister - DFG research project of the State Patent Center Thuringia ("PATON")
  • Europe leads the way in water technology innovation (18.07.2024)
    Europe is a world leader in the development of new technologies in the water sector, such as drinking water production, efficient water utilisation, wastewater treatment and flood protection. This is shown by a study published today by the externer Link European Patent Office (EPO). In the period from 1992 to 2021, 40 per cent of all international patent families on water technologies were filed by applicants from the EPO's 39 member states. This puts Europe well ahead in terms of inventions in the water sector, followed by the USA and Japan. The leading European countries are currently Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
  • Ingenious women (17.07.2024)
    55 years moon landing: Apollo´s women - They put that man on the moon
  • Annual Report (11.07.2024)
    Interesting statistics, useful information and exciting stories
  • Inventor and Innovation Awards (09.07.2024)
    European Inventor Award 2024: DPMA President Eva Schewior congratulates
  • Important notice (08.07.2024)
    on entry into force of a new version of the Standard for the Presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings Using XML pursuant to section 11 (2) of the Patent Ordinance as of 1 July 2024
  • Ingenious women (01.07.2024)
    90th anniversary of Marie Curie's death: Radiant icon of science

June 2024

May 2024

  • Number of the month (16.05.2024)
    4.1 billion euros in total damage caused to the mechanical and plant engineering industry by illegal replicas, copies or other plagiarism infringements
  • AI that can see (16.05.2024)
    Nominated for the European Inventor Award: Cordelia Schmid
  • Milestones (16.05.2024)
    275th birthday: Edward Jenner, father of vaccination
  • Press release (14.05.2024)
    Product piracy: How SMEs can enforce their property rights
  • Background (07.05.2024)
    Father´s day special: The Bollerwagen handcart - Here for the beer!
  • World of Design (06.05.2024)
    Musical instruments in many tonal colours

April 2024

  • Background (30.04.2024)
    Protection of intellectual property highly strategically relevant for Germany: DPMA President Eva Schewior speaks to business organisations in Berlin on World Intellectual Property Day
  • Ingenious women (30.04.2024)
    175th birthday of Bertha Benz: With hatpin, garter and 3 hp: A lady´s drive into the age of cars
  • Background (30.04.2024)
    Star Wars Day: The empire and IP
  • Press release (26.04.2024)
    World Intellectual Property Day 2024: Fresh impetus for renewable energy innovation, DPMA analysis shows
  • Background (24.04.2024)
    World IP Day 2024: Shaping a sustainable future together - WIPO video message and DPMA contribution
  • World IP Day 2024 (09.04.2024)
    Building our common future with innovation and creativity
  • World of Design (09.04.2024)
    All about the "bike"

March 2024

  • Number of the month (28.03.2024)
    40 percent more published patent applications in the field of AI since 2019
  • Important notice (22.03.2024)
    On European cooperation in the field of trade mark law: trade mark applications made in bad faith
  • World of Design (21.03.2024)
    Happy Easter
  • Press release (18.03.2024)
    Boom in filings of AI inventions
  • Milestones (11.03.2024)
    Solar Gold and circuit laws: 200th birthday of Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
  • International Women’s Day 2024 (08.03.2024)
    "Invest in women: Accelerate progress"
  • Press release (06.03.2024)
    Partners for a strong innovation ecosystem: WIPO Director General Daren Tang visits DPMA
  • Press release (05.03.2024)
    DPMA annual figures: More inventions filed by German companies

February 2024

  • Milestones (27.02.2024)
    It´s back! Legendary stolen Beatle bass recovered after more than half a century
  • New sign language videos (26.02.2024)
    "Hands talk, eyes listen"
  • Designs (23.02.2024)
    DesignEuropa Awards 2024: Apply now
  • Milestones (14.02.2024)
    145 years ago: Patent for the stapler - Once indispensable, soon 'extinct'?
  • Number of the month (09.02.2024)
    On the occasion of "Women and Girls in Science Day": proportion of women in STEM degree programs at around 35 percent
  • Important notice (08.02.2024)
    Chinese and German offices extend Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot
  • Press release (07.02.2024)
    DPMA uses new information material to sharpen its profile as the centre of expertise for intellectual property in Germany
  • Events (05.02.2024)
    Register now for the DPMAnutzerforum 2024
  • World of design (01.02.2024)
    Jewelry for your loved ones for Valentine's Day

January 2024

  • Milestones (31.01.2024)
    65 years ago: Jack Kilby applies for patent for first IC
  • Important notice (26.01.2024)
    on the occasion of the earthquake on the Japanese peninsula of Noto and its consequences
  • Number of the month (23.01.2024)
    Number of registered designs in the lighting sector
  • Milestones (18.01.2024)
    55 years ago: Rock the Roof - The Beatles' last ever concert
  • Ingenious Women (17.01.2024)
    On the death of Eveline Gottzein: Satellites, rockets, magnetic levitation trains
  • Milestones (09.01.2024)
    95 years "Tintin": Billions of billious blue blistering barnacles!
  • Important Notices (02.01.2024)
    2024 version of the 12th edition of the Nice Classification (NCL 12-2024) and 14th Edition of the Locarno Classification and Official List of Goods Design (Version 2024 LOC14)
  • World of design (02.01.2024)
    A light rises in the darkness

Last updated: 20 January 2025