Year 2009

Year 2009

December

 

Summary

  • Cost reduction measures in applications for patents and utility models
  • The crisis worsens the eternal battle between manufacturers and distributors
  • "Protect your ideas": a patent teaching kit
  • Industrial property at the 19th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Goverment

November

 

Summary

  • The SPTO says goodbye to paper with the use of dynamic PDF forms.
  • Arbitration and Industrial Property.
  • The SPTO at the 9th Madrid Science Week.
  • Simplifying the International Registration System for Industrial Designs.

October

 

Summary

  • The introduction of the Spanish language into the international design system.
  • The SPTO begins offering Digital Access Service for WIPO priority documents.
  • I'm original, I don't buy fakes.
  • Electronic filing of Administrative Appeals.
  • IPscore: a tool for evaluating and managing patents.

September

 

Summary

  • European Inventor Award 2010
  • Patents and Renewable Energies. Period 2000 - 2008
  • New field in the INVENES database: Complementary Protection Certificate (CPC)
  • SPTO visibility on the Internet
  • The Regional Workshop on Financial Sustainability and Fee Reform was held

July

 

Summary

  • Certification renovation of the quality management system for the spanish patent and trademark office
  • 2009 COTEC Report. Technology and innovation in Spain in the area of patents
  • Reduction in fees for International PCT search applicable to nationals of certain states
  • Electronic Filing of Administrative Resources
  • Presidency of the Board of Directors of the European Patent Organization

June

 

Summary

  • Electronic filings at the SPTO
  • SME support center in the field of IP rights management
  • Courts confirm the legality of SPTO conduct in regards to the revision of European patent translations
  • Removal of authorization requirement in PCT applications
  • Seminar: Technology and Competitiveness when Confronting the Crisis: The Role of Industrial Property: Patents, Trademarks and Designs

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