Cervantes and Intellectual and Industrial Property
To commemorate the fourth centenary after the death of Cervantes and within the framework of the agreement for collaboration between the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), a virtual exhibition has been put together. Entitled Cervantes and Intellectual and Industrial Property, it shows photographs of the origins of Intellectual and Industrial Property as well as technology at the time of Cervantes – windmills, hydraulic machines and other inventions.
The exhibition explains, amongst other topics, how in the early 17th century creators were rewarded with printing privileges which allowed authors to publish and obtain returns from their works. In a similar way, inventors could request invention privileges to protect new technologies. However, as the exhibition curators point out, “Cervantes was barely able to receive an income from what today would have been a bestseller. Nor could he prevent the publication of pirate editions or derivative work”.
Close collaboration
The Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) have been collaborating since 1999 on the basis of several agreements for the study and dissemination of the SPTO Historical Collections. Many studies and research projects have been done, the SPTO historical archive portal has been developed, training activities have been carried out and information has been produced on the contents of the historical collection.
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