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Driving Growth and Development for Companies
IP rights can be determining for a strong competitive position in the market. Through dialogue, professional insight and competent guidance, we provide companies with a good basis for making qualified decisions about their intellectual property.
Intellectual Property Rights: Action plan for an innovative Denmark
Denmark's IP action plan consists of 16 initiatives which help and support Danish companies in protecting their products and ideas.
International Focus
Our international focus plays a vital role in our daily work and it is directly linked to our vision of creating Europe’s best IP environment for business.
With a proactive and cooperative approach, we work to influence international IP policy in order to improve IP systems.
Read about our international cooperation
On a more operational level, we have a long standing track record in implementing cooperation- and capacity building projects in collaboration with IP authorities around the world.
Facilitating IPR Enforcement and Anti-counterfeiting
Fighting counterfeiting and piracy is an important task in maintaining a good IPR environment for companies and a safe market for consumers.
The Danish Patent and Trademark Office works purposefully to bring down the trade with counterfeit and pirated goods in several ways.
Services
Apply for a Danish Patent
If you are an IP professional, you can go straight to our electronic patent application module.
Apply for a patent
Fast Track to Patent
Through our Patent Prosecution Highway programme, we offer fast track examination to applicants in Denmark and partnering countries.
IP Search Services
With a dialogue based approach we offer a wide range of IP search services such as prior art searches and legal opinions in trademark and design matters.
Apply for a Danish Trademark
If you are an IP professional, you can go straight to our application module for trademarks.