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Artificial intelligence The concept of "artificial intelligence" (AI) was coined in 1956 at the Darthmouth conference to refer to "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, particularly intelligent computer programs", using the definition proposed by John McCarthy, one of its founders, in 2007. Along the...

What is the SME Fund? The "Ideas Powered for Business" SME Fund is a grant programme designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) rights.  It is a European Commission initiative implemented by the European Union Intellectual...

Copyright is limited in time. In Spain, and in most European countries, generally the duration of the copyright of a work is the life of the author plus seventy years after his death. When the term of protection of rights has expired, the work or...

On 14 January last, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) assumed direct competence for resolving applications for invalidity and revocation. With this change, the Trademark Law establishes that: The competence to declare the invalidity and revocation of the distinctive signs regulated in this Law shall correspond directly...

After much expectation, a long wait and not without controversy, the new Spanish Sports Law was published last December 31. It establishes the new legal regulatory framework for sport. According to the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD), it responds to the regulatory renewal that the...

The Government of Belize deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with WIPO on 24 November 2022 and it will enter into force on 24 February 2023. Belize is the most recent addition to the Madrid System. With it, an international trademark can at present designate up to 129 countries. The Madrid...

The "Ideas Powered for business" SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU in the field of intellectual property (IP) rights.  It is a European Commission initiative implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and...

On 13 July 2022, the long-running legal battle between two of the world’s largest manufacturers of machinery for the natural resources industry, among others, came to an end. We are talking about the famous dispute between Caterpillar Inc. and Tigercat International Inc. Caterpillar Inc, known to...

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