Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) is a dynamic, modern and market-oriented part of the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth. The objective of DKPTO is to be the centre for strategic information, and to protect the rights of both techniques and business marks.

 

We issue Patent and Design Rights and register Trademarks. Our broad area of knowledge is effectively communicated in our international work with businesses and authorities. We have a dedicated workforce of approx. 200 employees, with more than 100 engineers and 50 with a legal profession. What all our employees have in common is that they are determined to give our customers a very qualified and professional service.

 

International Projects at the Danish Patent and Trademark Office

A well-organized IP infrastructure is the backbone in a professionally functioning global business community. It supports innovation and the protection of domestic IP assets and encourages foreign companies to establish export markets and invest in the country. DKPTO supports the development of an efficient intellectual property (IP) infrastructure world-wide. We provide unique and specialised know-how in all areas of IP.

 

The International Projects’ department acts as a natural first entry for all requests concerning international cooperation and donor-funded capacity building projects in all fields related to IPR. DKPTO is a government agency under the Danish Ministry of Business and Growth and as such we are the Danish national authority responsible for IPR. The objective of DKPTO is to be the centre for strategic information, and to facilitate and enhance the protection of rights related to inventions and business identifiers. The core competence of the office is to issue Patent and Design Rights and to register Trademarks. The DKPTO is self-financed and does not receive funding from the national budget.

 

Our main focus remains public and private institutions in need of capacity building in IP – including national IP offices, ministries, police, customs and the judiciary as well as private sector advisers, for example in innovation support facilities or at Danish Embassies. Also we seek partnering with consultancy firms requesting IP competencies for funded projects.