Inventions are protected through patents and utility models.

In order for an invention to be protected, it must be novel (in the sense that it has not been disclosed, not even by the inventor himself) and inventive, that is, that it goes beyond an obvious development on existing solutions.

Patents can protect those that consist of a product, a process or a new and inventive use.

In most of the prevailing systems in the world, (among them, Spanish), to obtain a patent it will be necessary to pass a novelty and inventive step test.

This protection, which constitutes the maximum provided by the ordinance, has a maximum duration of twenty years from the date of its application, and allows its holder to obtain an exclusive right to offer, manufacture and market the product that is the subject of the patent, or to develop the patented procedure, wherever your patent has been registered.

The utility model, in general, is not subject to an ex officio examination of its novelty or inventive step, without prejudice to the fact that they may be called into question in the event of opposition. Through this modality, novel configurations, structures or compositions are protected and inventive, granting, in case of concession, an exclusive right of up to ten years for its offer, production or commercialization.

In the case of both patents and utility models of territorial rights, it is necessary to reproduce or extend the protection wherever they intend to become effective.

There are legal instruments that allow you to extend protection in limited periods of time (through the so-called right of priority), and there are also international conventions that allow you to simplify procedures by avoiding repetitions or unwanted delays when you want to obtain an exclusive right in other states.

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