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Frequently Asked Questions Industrial Property

The right to obtain protection belongs to the party who submitted the application first, provided that this application is successful.

This is why, when an industrial property right is requested, it is assigned a submission date and time, including the hour and minute.

The right belongs all of them in common.

Yes, when there are several applicants, it is absolutely necessary that all of them sign. The application is not valid with one signature unless the other parties authorise one of them to act as their representative. In this case, a duly signed statement must be submitted as proof of this authorisation.

This is something an employee invents, during the term of a contract or employment relationship, that is the result of the employee's research activities, provided that said invention is covered by the employment contract, i.e., that the employee was hired for that purpose. Work-related inventions belong to the owner of the company.