\(
\def\WIPO{World Intellectual Property Organisation}
\)
German utility model law: the road to unimportance?
2025
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DataCite | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS | |
Title
German utility model law: the road to unimportance?
Item Type
Journal article
Description
1 online resource
Summary
The number of utility model applications in Germany has halved since 2005. Almost every year since 2005, fewer utility models have been registered than in the previous year. Originally, the unexamined utility model was created by the legislator to reduce the number of patent applications. This was intended as a step towards reducing the workload of the German Patent Office DPMA. Relieving the Patent Office would still be a worthwhile task today. However, the utility model seems to be losing its attractiveness for applicants and is therefore unable to fulfill its original task. Here, the legislator is needed to increase the attractiveness of the utility model.
Source of Description
Crossref
Series
European Intellectual Property Review, 0142-0461 ; E.I.P.R. 2025, 47(2), 86-90
Linked Resources
Published
[New York, NY] : Thomson Reuters, 2025.
Language
English
Copyright Information
https://1.next.westlaw.com/Copyright
Record Appears in