DESIGN LAW
BETWEEN THE USEFUL AND THE BEAUTIFUL, DESIGNERS PRODUCE OBJECTS THAT STRIDE THE LINE BETWEEN CREATION AND INVENTION
We live in an age in which design, understood as the appearance of a product derived from the characteristics of its lines, contours, colours, shape, texture, materials or ornamentation, represents a competitive advantage for the designer and/or the company that develops it, which, when properly exploited, rewards the effort made in innovation and investment.
The exploitation of the result of this special creation requires, as a necessary corollary, the possibility of opposing those who, without any effort on their part, seek to take advantage of the innovation, creativity and investment of others, taking the easy route: copying. Design, between the aesthetic and the industrial, must be protected to prevent attacks, and if these occur, the reactive instruments that the law has created must be used to repress them.
WHAT WE DO AT S/M
COPYRIGHT
The rights of authors, of those who create and communicate culture through their works
RIGHTS RELATED TO COPYRIGHT
Artists, producers and performers enable authors’ works to reach the general public
DESIGN LAW
Between the useful and the beautiful, designers produce objects that stride the line between creation and invention
TRADEMARK LAW AND OTHER DISTINCTIVE SIGNS
These are the signs, names and/or graphics that distinguish a product or service from others
DOMAIN NAMES
Are alphanumeric signs that delineate and lead to your little piece of space, but in virtual territory.
PATENT AND UTILITY MODEL LAW
Protects inventors, who invent things that facilitate our relationship with the environment in which we live
PLANT AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LAW
These are special inventions because they involve the modification of living beings, animals or plants.
INDUSTRIAL SECRET
The oldest form of protecting innovation, with contractual formulas
COMPETITION LAW AND UNFAIR COMPETITION
Fair competition must be regulated because competition is necessary, except when it is unfair
PATRIMONIAL RIGHT TO IMAGE
Image is the personal property of those who are able to give it value and can trade with it
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW
All of the above and more, but filtered through the technologies that digitisation has brought with it
DATA PROTECTION
Data and the information it provides is the new oil, and its use must be regulated
ENTERTAINMENT LAW
Another way of looking at intellectual property, from the mass media and the entertainment industry
ADVERTISING LAW
Creations affected by many rights, consumption, ip, image or competition
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
The creations and inventions of groups that maintain their traditions also deserve regulation to protect them