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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.
Geographical indications protect the name of a product that has a specific geographical origin and owes its qualities, characteristics or reputation to its particular origin. Find out what they are, how the registration process works and what benefits they provide.
Patents published worldwide are a valuable source of scientific, technical and commercial information.
El Bono 3 del Fondo para PYMEs 2025, que cubre la elaboración de Informes Tecnológicos de Patentes (ITP) y Búsquedas Retrospectivas se cerrará el lunes 10 de febrero de 2025 al cierre de la jornada laboral. Próximamente se informará sobre su reapertura. Puede consultar más información aquí.
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 application for registration must be submitted via the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)’s digital system for electronic applications.
The application requirements will be verified (application form, product specification, single document and accompanying documentation), as will the applicant's entitlement and the eligibility of the name applied for as a geographical indication.
If the application is free of deficiencies, or if any deficiencies have been remedied, the competent authority of the Member State will publish it, opening a two-month period during which objections can be submitted to the authority.
If oppositions have been submitted and accepted, a consultation period will be opened for discussions between the applicant and the opponent, with a view to reaching a friendly settlement. During this period, the applicant may modify the application or submit any arguments they deem appropriate.
If the modifications are substantial, the modified application will be published, initiating a new opposition period limited to the introduced changes.
A favourable decision will be issued or the application will be rejected based on compliance with the requirements, the outcome of the opposition procedure and any applicable modifications to the application. An appeal may be lodged against this decision.
The competent authority will forward all applications for which a favourable decision has been issued to the EUIPO, thus initiating the EU-level registration procedure.
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