Good to know

You can find useful, general and free information on industrial property rights and on searches, applications, examination and grant or registration, as well as on administrative and judicial proceedings following the grant or registration of industrial property rights, and on protection options both in Germany and abroad, on the websites of the Patent Offices, such as the

• German Patent and Trademark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) (DPMA)
• European Patent Office (EPO)
• European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

and at patent information services, for example at the

• Baden-Württemberg Patent and Trademark Centre of the Stuttgart Regional Council (Patent- und Markenzentrum Baden-Württemberg des Regierungspräsidiums Stuttgart)

Free legal advice is also provided there every Thursday by independent German patent attorneys on a voluntary basis.

• On the website of the Chamber of the German Patent Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer) you can find a list of inventor advisory services, including those outside Baden-Württemberg