1.- TRADEMARKS
DEFINITION
A trademark is any visible sign used to identify goods and services from others of their same kind or class
TYPES OF MARKS
- Nominative
- Non-nominative
- Mixed
- Three-dimensional
ADVANTAGES
exclusiveness, territorial validity, law protection (LPI)
CAN BE REGISTERED
names, geographical designations, foreign words, acronyms, signs (logos, designs), color combinations, three-dimensional shapes, types of letters.
CAN NOT BE REGISTERED (ACCORDING TO LPI)
- not distinctive names
- adjectives (new, pure, aged, soft, etc)
- official (national) symbols
- confused words
- personal names
- similar marks to trademarks previously authorized (visual, grammar, phonetic, ideological)
HOMEWORK: go to www.impi.gob.mx
- select "marks" and "solicitud de registro de marca"
- fill in it according to information from your own mark and
- send it to the blog's teacher " http://topicsforbusiness.blogspot.com"
2.- PATENTS
DEFINITION
A patent is a set of exclusive rights
granted by a state to an inventor for
a limited period of time in exchange
for a disclosure of an invention.
A PATENT IS GRANTED TO:
1.- Inventions
2.-Utility models
3.- Industrial designs
ALL INVENTIONS ARE PATENTABLE
ONLY IF:
+IT'S A NEW ONE!
+IT'S AN INVENTIVE ACTIVITY!
+IT HAS AN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION!
PATENT=NOVELTY + INDUSTRIAL USE
A PATENT IS REFUSED WHEN: 
- it´s a scientific knowledge
- it exists in nature
- biological or genetic processes
- animal breeds
- living parts
- if it can't be reproduced
HOMEWORK
go to www.impi.gob.mx
select "patents"
select "solicitud de registro"
fill it according to your invention
send it to the blog's teacher : http://topicsforbusiness.blogspot.com/
