Companies frequently choose a name and protect it as a trademark, trade name, corporate name and domain name in order to focus their advertising effort and investment.
Identical or similar trademarks and trade names can coexist in terms of registration, under different holders but destined for different markets, thereby excluding the risk of error or confusion. It is not possible to register a corporate name that is identical to another already registered, even though the commercial activity is different. Neither is it possible to register a domain name that coincides with another previously registered name, whatever activity may be carried out using either of them.
Trademarks and trade names are registered with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office; corporate names in the Central Mercantile Registry; and ".es" domain names with the public business entity Red.es, where the Directorate of Internet Domain Names is based, also known as ESNIC. There are therefore THREE DIFFERENT REGISTRIES for registering these important identifying signs for companies.
