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Germany × Intellectual Property & Brand Protection
Protecting your brands, technology and other intellectual property, and earning from them, across countries. In Germany, that means local law, local regulators and local practice, handled by a qualified professional who practises there.
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A German trademark application at the DPMA costs EUR 290 when filed electronically (EUR 300 on paper) for up to three classes, plus EUR 100 for each additional class.
National trademark; goods and services are classified in 45 classes. Fees as published on the DPMA trademark page (last updated 10 December 2025).Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) · checked 2026-10-18The DPMA examines trademark applications for absolute grounds for refusal (such as descriptiveness) but does not check whether identical or similar earlier marks exist.
Conflicts with earlier rights are dealt with through opposition or cancellation proceedings.Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) · checked 2026-10-18Owners of earlier marks may file an opposition within three months of publication of a German trademark registration, and the EUR 250 opposition fee must be paid within the same period.
Opposition is filed after registration, not before.Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) · checked 2026-10-18A German trademark is protected for ten years and can be renewed for further ten-year periods indefinitely by paying the renewal fee; unpaid renewal fees cause the right to lapse.
For marks registered from 14 January 2019 the term ends on the anniversary of the filing date; for earlier marks at the end of the month of filing. Renewal fee may be paid from six months before expiry; a six-month grace period with surcharge applies.Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) · checked 2026-10-18A German patent lasts twenty years, starting on the day after the application is filed.
Subject to payment of annual fees (not reviewed here).Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz / Bundesamt für Justiz (gesetze-im-internet.de) · checked 2026-10-18A registered German utility model (Gebrauchsmuster) lasts a maximum of ten years, ending at the end of the calendar month in which the filing date falls, ten years later.
Maintenance fees under § 23(2) GebrMG apply.Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz / Bundesamt für Justiz (gesetze-im-internet.de) · checked 2026-10-18Copyright in Germany expires seventy years after the death of the author.
General rule; special terms apply to some related rights (not reviewed).Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz / Bundesamt für Justiz (gesetze-im-internet.de) · checked 2026-10-18The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court entered into force on 1 June 2023; Germany hosts UPC local divisions in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Mannheim and Munich and a seat of the central division in Munich.
18 EU member states, including Germany, have the UPC Agreement in force.Unified Patent Court · checked 2026-10-18Read the full guide: Intellectual property and brand protection
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Munich · GermanyWONE Global Partner · Germany
Ulrike Berner has been Managing Director and shareholder of BSP since 2021, leading the strategic direction, client relationships, and business development of the firm. She has extensive experience working with firms an…
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