Types of intellectual property rights

R & D

If your company has invested a significant amount of time and money in ________, protecting any resulting inventions with a patent will contribute to recovering costs and obtain a greater return on investments.

Trade Names

Trademarks and ________ (Distinctive Signs): protecting graphic and /or denominative combinations that help to distinguish certain products or services from other similar ones provided by other economic agents in the market.

third parties

Registering a trademark gives the company the exclusive right to prevent ________ from marketing identical or similar products under the same trademark or using a trademark that is so similar as to cause confusion.

Utility Models

Patents and ________: protecting inventions consisting of products and procedures susceptible to reproduction and reiteration for industrial ends.

Semiconductor Topographies

________: protecting the (diagram of) pathways of the different layers and elements making up an integrated circuit, their three- dimensional arrangement and their interconnections, that is, what constitutes its "topography.

Trademarks

________ can also be the object of franchise agreements.

patent holder

As a(n) ________, you can transfer your rights over an invention to others under a license in exchange for a fixed sum and /or royalties, in order to generate additional revenue for the company.

additional source

In addition, a trademark license can be granted to other companies, which would mean a(n) ________ or revenue.

Industrial Designs

________: protecting the external appearance of products.

competitive position

When a design is registered, the right to prevent its reproduction or imitation by the competition is acquired, strengthening the company's ________.

Industrial designs

________ are business assets that can increase the commercial value of a company and its products.

industrial designs

Registering ________ encourages loyal competition and honest commercial practice, which in turn promotes the production of a wide diversity of products that are attractive for their form Reasons for protecting ________:

Industrial Designs

protecting the external appearance of products

Trademarks and Trade Names (Distinctive Signs)

protecting graphic and/or denominative combinations that help to distinguish certain products or services from other similar ones provided by other economic agents in the market

Patents and Utility Models

protecting inventions consisting of products and procedures susceptible to reproduction and reiteration for industrial ends

Semiconductor Topographies

protecting the (diagram of) pathways of the different layers and elements making up an integrated circuit, their three-dimensional arrangement and their interconnections, that is, what constitutes its "topography"