INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
"Our firm works with a worldwide network of competent and professional associates, selected during the course of more than 100 years of providing services. As a result, we have the means available to guarantee our clients effective protection in countries all over the world."
1. PATENTS.
Besides the above-mentioned international means of filing a patent application in different countries (European Patent Convention and Patent Cooperation Treaty), a patent can be applied for in almost any country throughout the world. Furthermore, in all those member countries of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, it is also possible to claim priority of the first patent application (Spanish, European or via PCT) within the 12 months following its filing date.
2. INDUSTRIAL MODELS AND DESIGN.
As in the case of patents, protection of an industrial design can be extended to other countries in addition to the filing via an International Industrial Model and/or Community Design. It is also possible to claim priority in the countries of the Paris Convention of the first model or design applied for within the 6 months following its filing date.
3. TRADE MARKS.
Besides the possibility of protecting a trade mark by means of a Community or International Trade Mark, it is possible to seek trade mark protection through a national application, in virtually every country in the world. The possibility of claiming priority is also open to member countries of the Paris Convention, within the 6 months following the filing date of the earlier application.
4. MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE PARIS CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.
