INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. KNOW-HOW.

Trademarks are not only an industrial property right for identifying products and services; they embody many ways of obtaining revenue in a creative manner, and above all, they bring added value to products, services and the companies themselves. It is not uncommon that the value of a company is not the product or the service itself, but the trademark which distinguishes it. Our firm dedicates special attention to the design of trademark strategies and the protection of industrial property, including advice on the negotiation and the drafting of contracts relative to trademarks, patents, technology transfer, know-how, software development programmes, electronic commerce, merchandising, exploitation of copyright and sponsorship rights.

From books to electronic games, intellectual creation represents the maximum expression of human genius; it is a very powerful intangible asset, but at the same time it is fragile because of the ease with which the idea can be copied or subtly and unfairly appropriated by third parties. It is for this reason that protection is needed even before coming into existence, and at the same time the establishment of adequate legal structures, which allow the creation to be managed, in order to obtain a financial return.

Likewise, know-how and business secrets constitute an intangible asset frequently found in companies, which although on occasions they are their main strength, they cannot always be protected by a patent, a utility model or other industrial property right. Given their importance, they may be the object of licence or another type of financial transaction, and for this very reason, they must be adequately protected.