Protection and defense of intellectual and industrial property
Broadly speaking, intellectual property (I.P.) is related to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and also symbols, names and images used in commerce.
There is legislation that protects I.P. with patents, copyrights and trademarks and that permit the protected party to obtain recognition or profit from the inventions and creations during certain periods of time and after a prior recognition and/or registration procedure. By balancing the innovators’ interest and the public interest, the I.P. system tries to encourage a favorable environment that helps creativity and innovation prosper.
Copyrights; these are the rights of creators over their literary and artistic works. The works covered by copyright range from books, music, painting, sculpture and films to computer programs, databases, advertising, maps and technical drawings.
Patents; these are exclusive rights granted to an invention. Generally speaking, a patent entitles its owner to decide if the invention can be used by third parties and, in that case, in what way. In return, the patent owner makes available to the public the technical information relative to the invention.
Trademarks; these are signs that enable differentiation of the products or services of one company from those of another; they protect graphic and/or denominative combinations that help to distinguish some products or services on the market from other similar ones offered by other economic agents.
Industrial designs; (industrial drawing or model) these are the decorative or aesthetic elements of an article; they may be three-dimensional features such as the shape or surface of an article, or two-dimensional features such as motifs, lines or colors.
Geographical signs; these are signs used for products that have a specific geographical origin and whose quality, reputation or characteristics owe essentially to their place of origin.
Semi-conductor topographies: they protect the arrangement or mapping of the different layers and elements that comprise an integrated circuit, its 3D arrangement and its interconnections, or in short its “topography".
(More info: http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/es/ y http://www.oepm.es/es )
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