Trademarks Audit
Intellectual property is an intangible asset, which sometimes can be the most valuable thing you have, even above the rest of the goods that are part of the inventory of the company. Just think of large virtual enterprises such as search engines and servers where its greatest capital is in its trademarks and patents.
Perform a periodic audit within a company is very useful to detect underutilized elements, and to be able to detect all assets that need to be registered for comprehensive protection. You must also check that all the registratios are valid and that they cover the adecuate products or services. The expiration dates are also controlled and studied the possibilities of the possible renovations.
All this work provides vital and necessary information to design strategies that will improve the market position and allow to organize the operation of the company.
We also look over international protections, watching that in all countries where the trademarks are being commercialized are adequately protected. This work protects them from possible copies or have conflicts of interest with other holders of trademarks. It is also a prerequisite for licensing the trademark to representatives and distributors.
It is the time of the audit when it can also be detected that a registered trademark no longer in use and does not generate any utility. This is an ideal case to try to license or sell this mark and generate incomes.
New solutions to GLOBAL CHALLENGES
We stand out at National and International level as regards the global protection of Trademarks, Patents and Intellectual Property.
Our main task in the global protection is to safeguard the rights of Industrial Property simplifying all registration processes in different countries.
The protection of plant varieties, also known as a system of law of the plant breeder is a form of intellectual property "sui-generis" which aims to give the breeder of a plant variety an exclusive right to exploit its creation. The breeder is the person who has created or discovered and developed a plant variety.
The trade dress is made up of the set of distinctive signs constituting a trade and that characterize it. For example, decoration or commercial image, the shapes of the buildings and even the uniforms used.
The registration of software and intellectual property protection of computer programs in its source and object versions, are protected by the Law 11.723 of Intellectual Property, which states that computer programs are considered literary works, scientific or artistic in terms of the law.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty PCT can seek protection by patent for an invention in many countries at the same time by filing an “international” patent application. It can be submitted by nationals or residents of the Contracting States of the PCT. Applicants are able to protect their invention worldwide in 148 countries.
Service that is performed prior to a purchase process where the potential buyer evaluates a company and / or its assets in the face of an acquisition.
