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.
Información sobre los plazos de presentación de solicitudes de transformación de marcas de la Unión Europea en marca nacional española. Más información
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.
reembolso del 75% del coste de Búsquedas e Informes Tecnológicos de Patentes. Más información*
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.
- DIRECTLY country by country, making the relevant applications in each of the countries where you want to register the invention.
- By means of a EUROPEAN PATENT. The EPO website gives information on how to apply for a European patent (http://www.epo.org/).
- By making a PCT application. The WIPO website gives information on the main features of this system (http://www.wipo.int/pct/es/).
Applicants can choose voluntarily between the General Granting Procedure or the Procedure with Preliminary Examination.
In both cases, once the Report on the State of the Art (SAR) has been published, there follows a three month period in which the applicant can decide which procedure they would like their application to be processed under.
If the applicant opts for the General Procedure, the application will eventually be successful, provided that the applicant continues with the process and even though the SAR is unfavourable.
If the applicant chooses the Procedure with Preliminary Examination the SPTO will examine the patent request thoroughly and proceed to grant or reject it (either totally or partially).
On 1 April 2017, the New Patent Act 24/2015, of 24 July, will enter into force and all applications will be processed following the procedure with Preliminary Examination.
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