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Trademarks and Trade Names

If you want to distinguish your goods, services or both from those of another company, you may need a trademark or trade name. Find out what they are, what their registration procedure is and what it involves.

Information on the deadlines for filing applications

Information on the deadlines for filing applications for transformation of European Union trademarks into Spanish national trademarks. See more

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Inventions

If you have a new device, product or procedure that solves a technical problem or has a practical advantage, there are different ways to protect it in Spain and other countries. Find out how.

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Designs

Does your innovation lie in the aesthetics, ornamentation or appearance of your product? Protect it through industrial design. Find out what rights registration confers and how to proceed.

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Geographical indications

Geographical indications protect the name of a product that has a specific geographical origin and owes its qualities, characteristics or reputation to its particular origin. Find out what they are, how the registration process works and what benefits they provide.

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Technological information

Patents published worldwide are a valuable source of scientific, technical and commercial information.

Información

El Bono 3 del Fondo para PYMEs 2025, que cubre la elaboración de Informes Tecnológicos de Patentes (ITP) y Búsquedas Retrospectivas se cerrará el lunes 10 de febrero de 2025 al cierre de la jornada laboral. Próximamente se informará sobre su reapertura. Puede consultar más información aquí.

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SMES

If you are an entrepreneur or a company and you want to boost and improve the profitability of your business by adequately protecting the intangible assets of your organisation, in this space you will find what you need.

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What to do before applying

Before applying for the registration of a geographical indication, you must ensure that the craft or industrial product meets the protection requirements in order to qualify as a geographical indication (Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products), that the applicant is eligible (Article 8 of the Regulation) and that the required documentation has been provided (Article 13 (2) of the Regulation).

Furthermore, the geographical indication must not fall under certain grounds for rejection, which may be raised as reasons for opposition (Article 15(3) of the Regulation), such as:

  1. The name proposed as the geographical indication is a generic term (Article 42 of the Regulation); a wholly or partly homonymous name has been applied for or protected as a geographical indication in the EU (Article 43 of the Regulation) or would be liable to mislead the consumer in the light of a trademark with a reputation or a well-known mark (Article 44 of the Regulation).
  2. The proposed geographical indication would jeopardise the existence of an identical or similar name used in the course of trade or of a trademark, or the existence of products that have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date of the publication of the application in the Industrial Property Official Bulletin.

You can use the following search tool to consult trademarks that are valid in Spain.