I have a registered national trademark. Does that provide enough protection for my trademark? A national trademark registration offers protection within the borders of the country in which the trademark…
Why use figures in a patent application? Figures are an essential part of most patent (or utility model) applications. This is especially the case in the field of engineering, since…
After a European patent has been granted, third parties may challenge said grant with the aim of revoking it or maintaining it in a more limited amended form with respect…
When the patent system was first introduced, the most common inventions were mechanical and electrical devices. The time required to develop a prototype, put it on the market, and its…
Choosing the perfect time to file a patent application often poses a dilemma for inventors. On one hand, the novelty requirement prompts applicants to file the invention as soon as…
The European Patent Office (EPO) is in a privileged position as an observer of the evolution of various fields of technology since it receives patent applications that are systematically classified…
While we have grown accustomed to word, figurative, composite or three-dimensional marks, there is a wide range of trademark types, among which we can include sound marks. The Mercadona jingle.…
This is certainly one of the questions that usually comes up when intellectual property professionals exchange their impressions with researchers in the field of biotechnology. In general, the predominating opinion…
Last Update:European patent applications are the speciality of ABG Intellectual Property. In fact, the members of our team include 15 qualified European patent attorneys, three of whom were examiners for…
As a continuation of our article Utility Model - Part 1, which was published recently, we address below some additional aspects related to this modality of Intellectual Property. Which are…
What is a utility model? If we talk about patents, trademarks or trade secrets, most people would be able to explain in a respectable way how they differ from each…
The European Union's trademark system (formerly known as the "community trademark") which has been operational since 1996, makes it possible to apply, through a single procedure, for a multiclass trademark…
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