Industrial property rights – far more exciting and valuable than you might think!

How well do you know about industrial property rights – patents, utility models, trade marks and designs?

Test your knowledge at our quiz stations. The children’s quiz on offer is usually a breeze for the little ones!

Marvel at the things to try out at our hands-on station and be fascinated by seemingly illogical effects.

Creative and innovative solutions are being imitated and copied more and more frequently. Protecting them is the fundamental purpose of industrial property rights.

But what exactly are industrial property rights?

Patents

offer protection for innovation and competitive advantages for technical inventions

Utility models

provide fast and cost-effective protection for technical inventions

Trademarks

protect marks of origin, quality and advertising, and represent a company’s reputation, name and value

Registered designs

protect the shape and colour design of new and distinctive products

Do come and visit our stand to find out more!

Our staff look forward to seeing you – and will be happy to answer any questions you may have about registering and using industrial property rights.

Please also take a look at our programme of talks for the Long Night of Science under ‘Short talks on patents, trade marks and designs’.

You can also contact us before and after the ‘Long Night of Science’ at www.dpma.de,

by telephone on 089/2195-1000

or by email at info@dpma.de.

The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)

Inventive spirit and creativity require effective protection. Particularly in today’s world, where traditional technologies must be replaced in the shortest possible time by new, more independent, climate-friendly and sustainable solutions, the protection of innovations is becoming increasingly important in securing Germany’s position as a business location. The DPMA is Germany’s centre of excellence for all intellectual property rights – patents, utility models, trade marks and designs. As the largest national patent office in Europe and the fifth-largest in the world, it represents the future of Germany as a nation of inventors in a globalised economy. Its approximately 2,800 staff at three locations – Munich, Jena and Berlin – provide services to inventors and businesses. They implement the Federal Government’s innovation strategies and continue to develop national, European and international protection systems.