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March 2019 | Bulletin num.109 | Subscribe
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Becoming SPTO employee: Call for the Selection Process

The call for the Selection Process that gives you the chance to join the SPTO professional team (Escala de Titulados Superiores de OO.AA del MITC, on the Industrial Property speciality) was published on March 4th 2019 at the Official State Gazette.

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New instruction on IET or Substantive Examination tax exemption or refund
 

If the SPTO has to make a searching or a substantive examination in the context of a patent or a utility model processing and there are previous works that can be used to simplify the task, the applicant may claim the total or partial refund of the specific taxes.

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The 2018 EPO Annual Report shows a rise in the European applications of Spanish origin over the 6%

As in previous years, the European Patent Office (EPO) has recently published an Annual Report to show the evolutionary trends on European Patent applications, the most active countries, the main technologies, the most remarkable companies...

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New Technology Alerts on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain

Four new alerts have been recently added to the list, all of them pertaining to the Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain category, so the total number is none other than 29 Alerts.

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40 years of IACC
 

The International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) is a non-profit organization located in Washington DC (USA) devoted to the fight against product counterfeiting and piracy. The touchstone of the IACC is to combat counterfeiting and piracy by promoting laws, regulations and directives.

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Blog - Highlighted entry

2019: International Year of the Periodic Table

This year is special for chemical elements, all together and ordered, because 2019 has been proclaimed as the International Year of the Periodic Table by the United Nations General Assembly (at the request of the UNESCO, General Conference, 2017, 39th).

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Requests made during February 2019

Utility models
Trade Names
Patents
Trade Marks
Designs

Outstanding events

27
mar

GREENCITIES 2019, Tenth Forum of Urban Intelligence and Sustainability

Málaga (Spain) - March 27th and 28th 2019

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27
mar

II Conference on Electrical Economy

Sevilla (Spain) - March 27th 2019

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04
apr

Conference 'Patents, key tool for research'

Madrid (Spain) - April 4th 2019

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08
apr

Round Table: Law on Trademarks. New challenges. Jurisprudential hot topics

Madrid (Spain) - April 8th 2019

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08
apr

Workshop on Patent search

León (Spain) - April 8th 2019

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11
apr

Annual Forum 'East meets West'

Vienna (Austria) - April 11th and 12th 2019

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16
may

Seminar 'CEIPI Advanced training program on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property'

Strasbourg (France) - May 16th - 18th 2019

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30
may

Lecture on Industrial Property mediation

Alicante (Spain) - May 30th and 31st 2019

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03
jun

Seminar ABG 'IP Perspectives V'

Madrid (Spain) - June 3rd 2019

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10
sep

LES Pan European Conference

Madrid (Spain) - September 10th - 13th 2019

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