If you want to distinguish your goods, services or both from those of another company, you may need a trademark or trade name. Find out what they are, what their registration procedure is and what it involves.
Information on the deadlines for filing applications for transformation of European Union trademarks into Spanish national trademarks. See more
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.
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.
Respondemos todas aquellas dudas referentes a los diferentes procesos implicados en la propiedad industrial.
Yes. The SPTO offers a search service which, for a fee, can provide relevant information about the suitability of a sign for registration. However, this report does not prejudge any decisions adopted by the SPTO in the event that a trademark application is received for the protection of the sign in question, or if a court should make a decision in that regard.
The distinctive sign background searches are carried out subject to payment of a fee. This fee will vary based on the products or services used for the search. Please contact the SPTO information service for further information on how to request the search service.
The SPTO website (www.oepm.es) also includes a trademark locator that can be accessed free of charge. We recommend that you carefully read the instructions and information provided on the site to perform the searches and interpret the results correctly.
In order to get protection you need to register the trademark or trade name. The title holder is obliged to use the trademark either himself or through a person authorised by him. If the trademark is not used, five years from the date of the award publication, or during this same period use of the trademark ceases after having been used, the courts can declare it to be expired as a result of action taken by third parties.
1. You should do official searches in the SPTO, the Central Mercantile Register and Red.es and any other internet domain name registering body in order to ascertain whether your chosen name or distinctive signs have previously been registered by another business owner in one or several of these registers.
2. You should be aware that, before initiating any commercial activity with the chosen signs, it is advisable to make a reservation or register the sign(s) with the correct registry or registries to prevent a third party registering ahead of you.
3. You should be aware that if you choose not to register the name or distinctive signs with one of the above registries, it is possible that a third party may register that same name with the subsequent damages or that by using it you may be infringing the registered rights of a third party.
4. Registering a trademark or trade name is not compulsory, but the exclusive rights to them are awarded through a valid registration process (Art. 2.1. the Trademark Act).
5. You can carry out commercial activities without being registered as a company (except for cases specifically regulated by the law).
La protección en España se obtiene de varias formas:
- Vía nacional: La solicitud se elabora siguiendo los requisitos establecidos por la Ley 17/2001 de 7 de diciembre de marcas.
- Vía Europea: Existe la posibilidad de obtener una MARCA DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA mediante una única solicitud, que deberá presentarse directamente ante la EUIPO (Alicante). Dicha marca es una a todos los efectos, concediéndose, denegándose o anulándose para todo el territorio de la Unión Europea.
- Vía Internacional: se puede obtener protección en más de 100 países (entre ellos España) depositando una única solicitud, en la OEPM para su traslado a la Oficina Internacional de OMPI (Ginebra) quien dará traslado a las oficinas nacionales de los países designados por el titular de la solicitud originaria,. Cada país puede conceder o denegar la protección. Se trata de una solicitud única pero que, una vez registrada en todos los países designados, da lugar a un conjunto de registros nacionales igual que si se hubieran solicitado país por país.
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