Intellectual property rights – far more exciting and valuable than you might think!
How well do you know the intellectual property rights relating to 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 hands-on station, where you can try things out for yourself, 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 intellectual property rights.
But what exactly are intellectual 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 the reputation, name and value of companies
Registered designs
protect the shape and colour design of new and distinctive products
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 intellectual 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 existing technologies must be replaced in a very short space of time by new, more independent, climate-friendly and sustainable solutions, the protection of innovations is becoming increasingly important in safeguarding Germany 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 members at three locations – Munich, Jena and Berlin – provide services to inventors and businesses. They implement the Federal Government’s innovation strategies and further develop national, European and international protection systems.
