Terms and conditions of use

Due to the limited capacity of the system, the service is specifically not intended for bulk downloads. Large amounts of data and documents can be supplied at marginal cost via the DPMAconnectPlus services.
Any person threatening to inhibit the general use of this service by generating, whether manually or automatically, unusually high numbers of requests (more than 5,000 database requests daily by the same person or from the same IP address or range of IP addresses) may be excluded from using the service without prior warning. The same applies to acts of circumvention which are placing an excessive burden on the service.

Disclaimer

The DPMApublikationen online service of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office is constantly being updated. The data displayed here presents the current state of the databases. Due to the large amount of data errors or omissions cannot be entirely excluded.
The German Patent and Trade Mark Office cannot accept responsibility for errors and omissions of the data provided within the scope of this service. Furthermore, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office cannot guarantee that the data provided within the scope of this service do not conflict with the rights of third parties.
Please note that, to enhance our services provided to you, we directly integrate some data published by other offices. For example the data on European Union trade mark (EM) come from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the publication data on European patent applications and granted European patents (EP A and EP B documents) from the European Patent Office (EPO). The offices publishing the data are responsible for the respective data.
The German Patent and Trade Mark Office reserves the right to amend, extend or restrict, in full or in part, at any time without notice, this service with regard to form, use, operating mode and contents within the limits imposed by the law.