Protecting the outcome of your efforts since 1925
SUGRAÑES is a professional Company, which was founded at the end of the 19th century. It specialises in the protection, defence, consultation and management of all matters related to Industrial and Intellectual Property.
The Company is formed by a multidisciplinary team and has its own legal department. Indeed, this, alongside its network of trusted correspondents from around the world, enables SUGRAÑES to protect Industrial and Intellectual Property comprehensively, at both spanish and international level.
NOTICE OF FRAUD
SUGRAÑES advises the public of a notable increase in fraudulent communications sent to public and private entities as well as to individuals in recent months. The scammers behind these fraudulent emails and letters are posing as Official entities in an attempt to extract fee payment from patent and trademark applicants. These communications even reproduce letterheads, stamps and forged signatures of Official entities.
Therefore, applicants are advised that these type of fraudulent communications are not issued by any Official entity and do not have legal validity. There are clear and transparent mechanisms for collecting official maintenance and publication fees to which, as professionals, we have access.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review documents received on this regard before proceeding with any payment and to assure that they are contracting products or services of their interest.If in doubt, please do not hesitate to contact us.
If in doubt, please do not hesitate to contact us.
COOKIES POLICY
In accordance with the provisions of the Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce and of the Real Decree 13/2012, SUGRAÑES informs that cookies or downloaded devices are used to store information.
Customization cookies allowing you to access the website owned by SUGRAÑES in the language chosen in your first visit. These cookies are persistent and will not disappear when you close your browser.
You may disable the use of our in-house cookies by changing the setting options of your computer browser.
Protecting the outcome of your efforts since 1925
The services provided by SUGRAÑES are defined by globalisation, privacy and a unique critical subjectivity, which enables the Company to achieve maximum protection and legal security for its clients.
SUGRAÑES specialises in the protection, defence, consultation and management of all matters related to its clients' Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights. This includes Patents and Utility Models, Trademarks and Trade names, Designs and Internet domain names.
Moreover, it boasts its own range of specialised technical and legal services, which form the basis of the SUGRAÑES business, enabling the Company to support Patents, Designs, Trademarks and Domain names throughout the entire decision process. This furthermore enables the Company to optimise response time and service provision, as well as enabling SUGRAÑES to provide the most appropriate means for protecting Intellectual and Industrial Property.
ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE EUROPEAN GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)
On May 25, 2018, the General European Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) will enter into force, regulating the collection, storage and processing of personal data. This regulation is mandatory for companies, professionals and individuals who manage data from third parties, whether customers, employees, suppliers, etc..
Some of the main novelties introduced by these regulations are that tacit consent is not permitted in obtaining data and that, at the time of collection, the purpose for which they will be used must be expressly indicated. Likewise, the figure of the Data Protection Delegate is also introduced.
Therefore, it would be a good idea to check whether your protocols meet the new requirements. It is possible that if your company was already complying with the previous regulations, only a few adaptations may be necessary, without having to make a full data protection implementation, although the specific case would have to be assessed.
If you have an interest in carrying out an audit and proposals on actions to be implemented, we would appreciate it if you indicated it as soon as possible in order to be able to comply with this regulation before May 25, 2018.
H&M and graffiti Revok
On March 9, 2018, H&M, the famous Swedish fashion company, sued a Los Angeles graffiti artist named Jason "Revok" Williams in New York City for permission to use Revok graffiti in its new men's sportswear advertising campaign "New Routine".
Prior to this lawsuit, on January 8, 2018, the street artist had sent a letter of formal notice to H&M, complaining about the unauthorized use of his graffiti in the campaign, and requesting compensation for the infringement of intellectual property rights.
H&M replied that graffiti is illegal and that it is an act of vandalism, and therefore there was no copyright on the graffiti. When this demand became known, a great deal of controversy was sparked, and people called for a boycott of H&M in all media and social networks.
In the end, the Swedish company, in view of the damage being done to its image, has decided to withdraw the complaint by announcing on Twitter: "We respect the creativity and originality of artists, no matter the means.
We should have acted differently in dealing with this matter. It was never our intention to set a precedent in relation to public art or its influence, nor to discuss the legality of street art.
Finally, H&M has announced that it has also contacted Revok to find a amicable solution.
NOTICE OF FRAUD
SUGRAÑES advises the public of a notable increase in fraudulent communications sent to public and private entities as well as to individuals in recent months. The scammers behind these fraudulent emails and letters are posing as Official entities in an attempt to extract fee payment from patent and trademark applicants. These communications even reproduce letterheads, stamps and forged signatures of Official entities.
Therefore, applicants are advised that these type of fraudulent communications are not issued by any Official entity and do not have legal validity. There are clear and transparent mechanisms for collecting official maintenance and publication fees to which, as professionals, we have access.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review documents received on this regard before proceeding with any payment and to assure that they are contracting products or services of their interest.If in doubt, please do not hesitate to contact us.
If in doubt, please do not hesitate to contact us.
COOKIES POLICY
In accordance with the provisions of the Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce and of the Real Decree 13/2012, SUGRAÑES informs that cookies or downloaded devices are used to store information.
Customization cookies allowing you to access the website owned by SUGRAÑES in the language chosen in your first visit. These cookies are persistent and will not disappear when you close your browser.
You may disable the use of our in-house cookies by changing the setting options of your computer browser.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
Sugrañes, S.L. (hereinafter Sugrañes)
C/ Provenza, 304
08008 Barcelona (Spain)
Tel. +34 93 215 19 17
Fax: +34 93 215 37 23
Register Company data: Companies Registry in Barcelona – sheet 4.144, document 45, volume 2.762, book 206, section 3.
Tax ID number: B08410383
SUGRAÑES holds rights over the domain name www.sugranes.com and all Intellectual and Industrial Property content displayed on the Website (including but not limited to images, sound, audio, video, software or texts, trademarks or logos, colour combinations, structures and designs, the selection of materials used and the computer programs needed to operate, access or use them, etc.).
Under the Intellectual Property Law, total or partial reproduction, distribution or public communication of the contents displayed on this website, which includes making the same available, in any medium, by any means, is strictly prohibited without the prior and express consent of SUGRAÑES. As a USER of the present website, you agree to respect the Intellectual and Industrial Property rights held by SUGRAÑES. The information and contents found on this website is merely informative and does not constitute the provision of technical or legal advice in the various professional fields covered by SUGRAÑES.
The materials and contents found on this website may be updated according to modifications made to the law and case law. We therefore ask that you contact SUGRAÑES professionals directly, in order to ensure that said materials and contents reflect the current state of affairs.
SUGRAÑES shall not be held liable for any errors or omissions in the website content and assumes no liability for any viruses or system failures.
SUGRAÑES reserves the right to make any changes deemed necessary on the website without prior notice. It may change, delete or add both contents and services provided throughout the site and the way in which they are presented or located on the website without prior notice.
PRIVACY POLICY
In accordance with that set out under Organic Law 15/1999, of the 13th of December, on Personal Data Protection (hereafter, LOPD), SUGRAÑES would like to inform you that the personal data and information you provide us with shall be included in a personal data filing system, held under our responsibility and lawfully declared before the General Registry of Data Protection (RGPD), in which said data will be held under the strictest security and confidentiality measures, in order to prevent unauthorized changes, loss, handling or access to the same.
This data is handled in order to meet the objectives of our organization, to effectively manage the provision and marketing of our services and to send offers or information that might be of interest to you, in accordance with that set out under Law 34/2002, of the 11th of July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce. We therefore kindly ask that you inform us of any changes to your personal data, in order to keep it up to date.
By voluntarily providing your details or details pertaining to third parties, you are giving your EXPLICIT CONSENT and admit having the consent of third parties for these details to be handled by SUGRAÑES, its departments, partners, affiliated institutions and other companies pertaining to the Group. This consent may be revoked by exercising rights to access, rectify, oppose and cancel, which is guaranteed by Sugrañes. The owner of the data may exercise any of these rights by sending the appropriate official forms along with a copy of their ID card to our office, which is located at c/ Provenza 304 – 08008 BARCELONA.