Draft amendment of Spanish Patent Act aimed at admitting the protection of pharmaceutical substances and compositions via utility models

After four years of experience with Spanish Act 24/2015, of 24 July, on Patents (the "new Patent Act"), which came into force on 1 April 2017, the time seems ripe now to update some aspects of the Act that could be further improved. In this vein, earlier this year the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office ("SPTO") published a draft text of amendments that, among other improvements, admits the protection of pharmaceutical substances and compositions via utility models. Read more