We offer competent, neutral and cost-free basic information regarding the industrial property rights. Instructed and supervised by the experienced PMZ BW-staff you will be enabled to run their searches professionally in various databases. Once a week a German patent attorney answers individual legal questions. Annual conferences, cost efficient basic trainings and individual IP-coachings will help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) getting started in the fascinating world of Intellectual Property. Further PMZ BW is host and contact point of Baden Württemberg’s Arbeitskreis Patente, the regional network of IP-Managers in SMEs.
Since 2000 PMZ BW and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office have established a close partnership. PMZ BW is entitled to accept first filings of German industrial property rights. Furthermore PMZ BW is part of the PIZnet and PATLIB center.
Discover guides
Our personalised guides accompany you through a range of business topics helping you to understand where you stand and potential next steps.
Marketing: the basics and where intellectual property fits in
IP for EU SMEs entering the African market
Trade secrets: what they are and how to make the most of them
Angel investment: the basics and where intellectual property fits in
Crowdfunding: the basics and where intellectual property fits in
Domain names, understanding your online presence
How to protect your idea
Business Plan: the basics and where intellectual property fits in
