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Bavaria ranks first in Europe for patents

In a European comparison, no other region generates more patent applications than Bavaria. And in a comparison of German cities, Munich ranks…

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Protection rights: Better safe than sorry!

Quickly launching an idea or product and gathering valuable feedback can pay off. It can…

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Application round for “The Venture” enters the hot phase

THE VENTURE is designed as a startup competition based on the principle "Patent seeks founder." Students, graduates, and other startup enthusiasts from Germany, Austria…

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Bavaria leads the way in patent applications for the third time

The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) recorded 48,144 patent applications in 2014. The largest number of patent applications came from Bavaria, namely 15,533, or 32,314 patents! In the fifth year...