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Notice No. 9/18

of the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office of 14 December 2018 concerning the cessation of the receipt of IP applications by the Dortmund patent information centre

From 1 January 2019, the Dortmund patent information centre,
Patentinformationszentrum Dortmund
Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund
Informationszentrum Technik und Patente (ITP)
Vogelpothsweg 76
44227 Dortmund,

will no longer be available for the purpose of receiving patent, utility model, trade mark and design applications. This was announced in the Federal Law Gazette Part I No. 37, page 1843 by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection on 13 November 2018.

As of 1 January 2019, applicants will no longer be able to file legally effective patent, utility model, trade mark or design applications with the Dortmund patent information centre.

Additional information on the filing of IP applications in the cases permitted by law at the patent information centres authorised for this purpose can be found on our webpages Cooperation and Patent Information Centres.

The President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer

1243/1 – 4.3.2/2018-3

Last updated: 14 December 2018