The German patent- and Trademark Office (DPMA) expected after the boom year 2013 also for 2014 again an increase in the number of registrations of intellectual property patents, Trademarks and Designs. This is evident from preliminary projections of the DPMA, the occasion of the opening of the international trade fair iENA (“Ideas-Inventions-New Products”) were announced. Only the registration numbers of the right use patterns are declining.
“The increase in trademark applications we are particularly pleased”, said the President of the DPMA, Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer, “because this is also a result of the simplified online trademark application without signature, since the end 2013 is possible. Meanwhile be made over half of trademark applications online, in patent applications there are even 70 Percent. We are proud, to be a modern service for inventors and companies, make the business location Germany so attractive by its innovative spirit.” Attractive for applicants from abroad, this country like protection for their inventions by patents: “The number of international applications, entering the national phase, increases”, so Rudloff-Schäffer, “this is an indication of the importance of Germany as a location on the world market, but also for the excellent quality of our audit authority.”
DPMA-appearance at the iENA: SMEs and individual inventors in Focus
“A substantial part of technical progress in this country SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and thanks to the individual inventors”, said Rudloff-Schäffer. “SMEs account for a large proportion of the gross value added in Germany. Therefore, the offer is addressed to the drivers of innovation in the SME and individual inventors here on our newly designed booth: of research workshops to lectures up to the free-inventor initial consultation.”
The DPMA since the Patent Law Amendment 2013 offer successively applicants customer-friendly facilities, especially the SMEs, the no IP management can maintain, benefit: For example, since January 2014 the online file inspection possible. Im April 2014 the opposition period of three was extended to nine months, and introduced the Advanced Search report, facilitates assessing the patentability of inventions submitted.
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