Introduction
In October 2021, the Council of Ministers of the Spanish government authorised the text drawn up by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) of the preliminary draft law for the modification of the following laws to start being processed as a draft law in parliament:
- Law 17/2001 of 7 December 2001 on trademarks (the Trademark Law);
- Law 20/2003 of 7 July 2003 on the legal protection of industrial designs (the Design Law); and
- Law 24/2015 of 24 July 2015 on patents (the Patent Law). Read more