An invention means any solution to a technical problem, and to be patentable, it must be innovative and used or manufactured in industry, namely, it must have an industrial application.
Patent protection is granted for a period of 20 years. By registering a patent, the State grants an exclusive right to the holder over his/her invention.
Official background search and feasibility studies.
Claiming of foreign priority.
Oppositions to applications filed by a third party.
Defenses.
Cancellation and nullity actions.
Amendments: Change of name or address, assignments, among others.
Appeals against decisions, among others.
Translation services.
Registration of Patents.
The relevant IP standard point out that a utility model shall be defined as any new shape, arrangement of components of any device or any part thereof that endows it with any advantage that it did not previously have.
Utility models are protected by patents and are granted for a term of ten (10) years, counted from the filing date of the application. An owner of a utility model obtains the exclusive right to prevent others from commercially using the protected invention.
Official background search and feasibility studies.
Claiming of foreign priority.
Oppositions to applications filed by a third party.
Defenses.
Cancellation and nullity actions.
Amendments: Change of name or address, assignments, among others.
Appeals against decisions, among others.
Translation services.
Registration of Utility Models.
An Industrial Design is defined as the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of colors, lines, two-or three-dimensional forms of the product itself.
By protecting an industrial design through its registration, the owner obtains the exclusive right to use the features of his/her product.
Official background search and feasibility studies.
Claiming of foreign priority.
Oppositions to applications filed by a third party.
Defenses.
Cancellation and nullity actions.
Amendments: Change of name or address, assignments, among others.
Appeals against decisions, among others.
Translation services.
Registration of Industrial Designs.