Patent

Patent and Trade Mark Offices

Germany

German Patent and Trade Mark Office – Main Page

Wikipedia-Overview

Structure of the Office

DPMA — Leaflets and forms

Register

Database — basic research

Europe

European Patent Office — Main Page

Wikipedia-Overview

Structure of the Office

Patent translations — from EPO and Google

E-Learning Materials “Filing a Patent Application”

International

World Intellectual Property Organization — Patents

International Patent Database, Patentscope

Patent-Statistics

Legal and information texts

Germany

Patent Act

Patent Ordinance

Fees at a glance

Europe

European Patent Convention

Fee schedule

National law relating to the EPÜ

International

PCT

Implementing Regulation

Member states

Fees

Wikipedia-Overview “International patent application”

Courts and dispute resolution

Germany

Federal Patent Court

Federal Supreme Court

Europe

European Patent Office — Boards of Appeal

EPA opinion on the Unified Patent Court

International

Alternative Dispute Resolution / ADR

Utility models

Patent and Trade Mark Offices

Germany

Information page on utility models of the DPMA

Fees for utility model protection

Information on utility model cancellation proceedings

International

Utility models in Italy

Utility models in Turkey

Utility models in Japan

Utility models in China

Definition utility model (CN)

Implementing Regulation for Patents and Utility Models in CN

Legal developments in utility models (CN)

Utility model statistics (CN)

Various brief overviews

Concise, practical overview of the Baden-Württemberg service portal

More detailed overview of the Patent and Trade Mark Centre Baden-Württemberg

Wikipedia-Entry

Wikipedia-Entry for utility model branching

Business Encyclopaedia Gabler

Design patent

Patent and Trade Mark Offices

Germany

Trademark overview page of the German Patent and Trademark Office

Design register of the German Patent and Trademark Office

Europe

Overview page of the office responsible for the EU (EUIPO)

International

Information from the German Patent and Trade Mark Office on design protection abroad

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) — International design protection according to the Hague system

Legal and information texts

Germany

The German law on the protection of designs

Europe

EUIPO — All about EU designs

EUIPO — Frequently asked questions

Various brief overviews

Overview for founders

Wikipedia-Entry

An important special topic: design protection for visible automotive spare parts

Trade marks

Patent and Trade Mark Offices

Germany

Trademark overview page of the German Patent and Trademark Office

Trade mark register of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office

Information from the German Patent and Trademark Office on the enforcement of trademark rights

Europe

Home page of the EUIPO – the office for the registration of EU trademarks

Trademark search at the EUIPO: eSearch

IHK Offenbach overview of the EU trademark

International

Information from the German Patent and Trade Mark Office on international trade mark applications

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) – International trademark registration according to the Madrid system 

Legal and information texts

Germany

The German Trademark Act 

Brand classification

Europe

EUIPO videos: Basic knowledge about trade marks

Basic EU information on trademarks – with links to individual countries

EU Trademark Regulation 

Implementing Regulation to the EU Trademark Regulation

International

Madrid Agreement

Protocol to the Madrid Agreement

Member countries Madrid System

Various brief overviews

Wikipedia-Entry – with examples of grounds for refusal

Gabler Business Dictionary

Aufgesang GmbH — Brands from an agency perspective

Markenverband — Brands from a marketing perspective

Also interesting — “The 50 most relevant brands in Germany” 

List from Statista GmbH: The most valuable brands worldwide