Spain

Spain Profile

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a sovereign member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the east and south, with only a small part bordered by Gibraltar, France, Andorra and the Bay of Biscay to the north and northeast, and Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and northwest. Spain is a constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary system.

Spanish Intellectual Property Legal System

• "trademark law"
• "Patent Law"
• "Semiconductor Product Layout Design Protection Law"
• "Designs Act"
• "Amendments to the Patent Law Based on the Change of the European Parliament and the EU Directive on the Protection of Biotechnology Inventions"
• The Plant Variety Protection Act

International Organization/Agreement

• Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
• Brussels Convention on the Sending of Program Signals for Satellite Transmissions
• Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Their International Registration
• Nairobi Treaty for the Protection of the Olympic Emblem
• Patent Law Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
• Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks
• Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Origin of Goods
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property