Who we are - What we do

Research, development, production and distribution of goods have significantly improved our lives in the last century and especially in the last few decades. Success in all areas, be it new medicines, new plastics, agrochemicals, paints and varnishes, fibers or the new issues of biotechnological production, would not have been possible without the appropriate intellectual property protection. The core work of the GDCh Division, which was founded in 1949, is to promote members working in the fields of patent law, intellectual property protection and patent issues. Workshops, seminars and colloquiums serve this purpose.

history

The former Division "industrial property protection " was renamed the Division "patent law Law" on November 11, 2019 - legitimized by the General Assembly and following a provisional resolution of the GDCh board on March 18, 2019. The reason for this is, on the one hand, that the German term " industrial property protection" is hardly used in specialist circles anymore and, on the other hand, there are no chemistry-specific aspects to be taken into account on the side of non-technical property rights, such as trademarks, so that the Division deals almost exclusively with technical property rights. Here, the term "patent" is often used as a synonym for the entire type of property rights and is an established term, especially in inventor circles.

Shortlink to this page: www.gdch.de/pat