Cost reduction measures in applications for patents and utility models

The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, as part of its Modernization and Renewal Program, has adopted a series of measures aimed at helping individuals and companies protect their innovations.

The crisis worsens the eternal battle between manufacturers and distributors

The current economic crisis has unleashed an open battle between manufacturing brands and those of distributors (popularly known has “private label”) which until now had been limited strictly to the professional field of business. Now, with pressure originating from the economic crisis, the battle has worsened to the extent of being the subject of television advertising.

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"Protect your ideas”: a patent teaching kit

The workshop called “Protect your ideas – Lecturing with the patent teaching kit” took place on November 27, 2009 at the University of Alcalá de Henares and was organized by the European Patent Academy , the University of Alcalá de Henares and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO).

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Industrial property at the 19th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government

On November 29 and December 1, 2009, the 19th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government was held in the Portuguese city of Estoril. The Summit, which was dedicated to innovation and knowledge, incorporated in its Action Plan a reference to Industrial Property for the first time, resulting in institutional support of cooperation activities that the SPTO has been carrying out in Ibero-America along with its counterparts in the region.

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