Info Pi num.148 - October 2022

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NIPO 116-19-035-2

New Director of the SPTO

On October 4, the Council of Ministers appointed Aida Fernández González Director of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, O.A. (SPTO).

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Course on Administrative Management of Industrial Property (Paralegals)

On November 14, the 11^th edition of the Course on Administrative Management of Industrial Property (Paralegals) will begin, organized by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, O.A., (SPTO) and the School of Industrial Organization (EOI).

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Appointment of civil servants/civil servants in training

After having gone through a tough selection process, we now have new colleagues.

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The European Observatory for the Infringement of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights turns a decade old

The functions related to the respect of industrial property rights were entrusted to the current EUIPO through the Regulation (EU) 386/2012, celebrating this year the tenth anniversary of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights.

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First monitoring report of the 2022 Annual Operating Plan

The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, O.A. (SPTO) continues to work on the 2022 Annual Operating Plan (POA 2022) of its 2021-2024 Strategic Plan.

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¿Solicito una marca o un nombre comercial?

A menudo, en la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas, O.A. (OEPM) recibimos consultas de nuestros usuarios sobre solicitar una marca o un nombre comercial y cuáles son las diferencias. Si bien es cierto que ambas modalidades son muy parecidas (de ahí su recurrente confusión), queremos aquí mostraros las características y regulación de estas dos modalidades de propiedad industrial.