A trade name is a sign which identifies one company or businessman as opposed to the trademark, which identifies the products or services that the company or businessman manufactures, commercializes or provides.

ABEMARK files applications for registration of your trade name at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, and monitors handling of your application until registration, checking on all administrative deadlines.

ABEMARK monitors your trade name at a national, european and international level and keeps you constantly informed of any issue that may be related to your trade name.

1. Strategic analysis and availability searches.

ABEMARK has a wide range of legal, technical and human resources of great efficiency and professionalism for the registration of your designs

We carry out prior searches of availability of your designs for the purpose of verifying previous applications or registrations of designs which might constitute an obstacle for your registration.

2. Registration of designs at national, European Union and international level.

The appearance of a product can be protected by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and through our network of associates, in any other country.

3. Design monitoring service.

We offer a service of monitoring designs in such a way that we can file an action in case your rights are infringed.

4. Legal advice, pre-trial actions and legal actions.

We provide legal advice regarding matters of designs and we also perform extra-judicial activities prior to litigation, as well as legal actions for protection of your trademark.

ABEMARK has a team of partners who are specialized in patents and utility models in order to offer our clients thorough advice to obtain, maintain and protect your portfolio of inventions.

1. Customised advice and feasibility assessment.

We offer customized advice prior to the registration according to the needs of the client and his business strategy. We perform availability searches as well as preliminary evaluation of feasibility.

2. Registration of national, European and international patents.

We register your inventions through the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office by applying for Spanish, European and international patents using the PCT system. We also register your invention in any other country using our network of associates.

3. Legal advice, pre-trial actions and legal actions.

We provide legal advice including drafting and negotiation of contracts concerning patents and utility models-related issues such as transfers or licenses, as well as contracts for the exploitation of your rights. We also offer assistance in judicial and extrajudicial activities in the matter of violation of patents and utility models.

We advice our clients on domain names and solutions to any conflicts that may arise thereof, as well as to matters related to the recovery of domain names that have been wrongfully used.