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.
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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.
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.
Patents published worldwide are a valuable source of scientific, technical and commercial information.
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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.
The regulations in force provide for different industrial property titles to protect an invention, which guarantee the holder an exclusive right to prevent third parties from exploiting his or her invention in exchange for the disclosure of the invention.
Depending on the type of invention and the duration of protection, you can apply for:
It is an industrial property title that allows you to protect your invention for 20 years from the application filing date.
The invention to which the patent pertains will be subject to a search and examination by the patent examiners in order to find out or check whether it meets the patentability requirements to be granted.
The patent has a territorial character and can be national, European or international.
It is an industrial property title that allows you to quickly protect your invention in Spain for 10 years from the application filing date.
The invention is not subject to search and examination during the grant procedure, but any third party may oppose its granting, in which case the SPTO will decide on the patentability of the invention.
Some inventions such as processes, biological material or pharmaceutical products cannot be protected by a utility model.
It is an industrial property title that allows you to extend the protection of a patent on a pharmaceutical or phytosanitary product up to a maximum of 5 years and under certain conditions, once the 20-year duration of the patent has expired.
It is an industrial property title that allows you to protect in Spain the different layers and elements that make up an electronic integrated circuit, its three-dimensional layout and its interconnections, for a period of 10 years from when the circuit is first marketed or the topography is registered.
If you have any doubts, contact the SPTO information service, which can refer you to the on-call examiner service, if necessary. If you want advice, you consult an industrial property agent.
The various public administrations offer grants and subsidies to alleviate the financial burden of applying for a patent or utility model, which is particularly burdensome in the first few years and if you want to obtain protection in several countries.
In particular, we recommend that you consult the SPTO grants for the promotion of patent and utility model applications:
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