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Before state visit of Federal Chancellor
DPMA welcomes Japanese industry representatives

Prior to the state visit of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Japan, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) welcomed a delegation of representatives of Japanese industry and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in Munich. The delegation, which included representatives of Japanese enterprises operating worldwide, informed themselves, among other things, about current developments at the DPMA.

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Group picture President and Members of the Bundestag

Visit from the German Bundestag
DPMA President seeks support for future projects of the DPMA as budgetary politicians visit the DPMA

Centre of expertise for intellectual property, service provider to industry, contact for national and international stakeholders: On the visit by the budgetary rapporteurs from the German Bundestag, senior management informed them about the tasks and services of the DPMA.

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Deffa and He Hua

High-level discussions at the WIPO General Assembly
DPMA and patent offices from Asia and America strengthen cooperation

The Vice President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), Ulrich Deffaa, met with the heads of several national patent offices on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.

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Moosbauer and Christian Archambeau

DPMA and EUIPO: Cooperation for more user-friendliness
DPMA and EUIPO to collaborate on IT systems

DPMA and EUIPO intend to further improve cooperation in their IT systems. At a meeting at the IP Horizon 5.0 Conference in Alicante, DPMA Vice-President Christine Moosbauer and EUIPO Executive Director Christian Archambeau agreed on a more intensive dialogue.

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DPMA President and CNIPA Vice-President shake hands

Meeting on German-Chinese cooperation
President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office welcomes Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese partner authority

Munich. The President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer, met Deputy Commissioner Gan Shaoning of the Chinese partner authority, the National Intellectual Property Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNIPA).

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Federal Government Open Day 2019
"The DPMA: an office with much appeal"

More than 3,800 visitors seized the opportunity to see the place from the inside where Federal Minister of Justice Lambrecht works. The DPMA was pleased about the interest in IP rights.

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Vice-President Christine Moosbauer welcomed Tomoki Sawai

High-ranking visit from Japan to the DPMA
Successful PPH programme with the Japan Patent Office is continued

On 18 June 2019, Vice-President Christine Moosbauer welcomed Tomoki Sawai, Director General of the Patent and Design Examination Department of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), and his delegation to the DPMA.

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Joint Symposium
40 years of cooperation between Germany and China in the field of intellectual property

With a joint symposium on utility model protection, the IP authorities of Germany and China celebrated their 40 years of cooperation. At the event in Munich on 26 March, DPMA President Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer emphasised the importance of cooperation for the relationship between the two countries and the development of intellectual property protection in China.

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Two hands of person with migrant background taking a picture using a mobile phone

Info Day for the start-up scene
IP information for people with migrant and refugee backgrounds

Information on industrial property rights is important not only for applicants of innovations, trade marks and designs who were born in Germany. People with migrant and refugee backgrounds also launch start-up businesses in Germany and come up with ideas that need protection. In order to reach this target group, the DPMA Information and Service Centre Berlin together with its partners hosted an information day in Berlin on 22 October 2018.

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Ms Rudloff-Schäffer and Mr Campinos

IT projects in focus
EPO President António Campinos visits DPMA

Following the change of personnel at the head of the European Patent Office (EPO), the presidents of the EPO and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) met for the first time for a working discussion.

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Participants of the symposium

German-Japanese Symposium
United in innovation protection

The President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer, has emphasised the close ties between Japan and Germany in the field of intellectual property. "Both Japan and Germany are at the forefront of technical innovations, especially in the field of automation, digitisation and artificial intelligence", said the DPMA President at the opening of the international symposium "Patent infringement proceedings in Japan and Germany" in Munich. The protection of intellectual property is essential to make this last. Bilateral cooperation with the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) thus is particularly important.

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Chinsese delegation in Munich

Meeting of the heads of offices in
DPMA and Chinese partner authority CNIPA expand cooperation

The heads of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and DPMA confirmed their plans for further cooperation on Friday (21 September 2018). At the meeting of a high-ranking Chinese delegation with executives of the DPMA in Munich, Commissioner Dr Changyu Shen, Head of CNIPA, and DPMA President Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer emphasised the long-standing good relations between their offices.

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DPMA President Rudloff-Schäffer and Minister of Justice Barley

Federal Minister as a welcome guest at the DPMA
Visit of Dr Katarina Barley to the German Patent and Trade Mark Office in Munich

On her first visit to the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) in Munich on 25 May 2018, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Dr Katarina Barley praised the work of the office and its pioneering role in the field of e-government. During the several hours of visit, Dr Katarina Barley took a look at the work of the DPMA.

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Ms Hagl-Kehl and Ms Rudloff-Schäffer

Parliamentary State Secretary visits DPMA
Rita Hagl-Kehl guest at Munich headquarters

On 3 May 2018, Rita Hagl-Kehl, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, visited the German Patent and Trade Mark Office in Munich for the first time.

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Girls day poster at DPMA

Girls' Day at DPMA
Vice president as a role model: Christine Moosbauer encourages schoolgirls to take up technical professions

A university auditorium with 900 new students of electrical engineering - exactly four of whom are women. This is what happened in 1975 at the Technical University of Munich, recalls DPMA Vice-President Christine Moosbauer. She must know, because one of those four women was herself.

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Last updated: 17 March 2023