Registration of Patents

The new legal framework regarding the Andorran patent is part of the process of Andorra’s economic liberalisation and international harmonisation. This new tool available to innovative companies makes it possible to protect our clients’ inventions within the Principality, whether natural or legal persons, in any field of industry.
To keep a patent in force the holder must pay annuities to the patent office. In the case of the Andorran patent, these annuities entail much lower costs than in most countries, which represents an incentive for innovative companies to protect their inventions.

 

Additionally, Augé Legal&Fiscal offers complementary translation services (Catalan, Spanish, French, English, Russian, Portuguese, Italian and German).

Augé Legal&Fiscal offers the following patent services

Consulting – patent registration

Advice

– Strategy and coordination for patent applications in Andorra and abroad.
– Valuation of patent rights (“Patent Box”).
– Consultations in the trademark registry (competitor monitoring).

Application and registration in the patent registry

Application and registration in the patent registry

– Andorran patent application (in French, English, Catalan, or Spanish, with translation of the claims into Catalan).
– Assignment, licensing of patents, and technology transfer.
– Creation of a lien on a patent.
– Limitation of the scope of protection of an Andorran patent.

Contentious - Patent Registration

Contentious

– Declaration of non-infringement.
– Customs detentions.
– Legal action for patent infringement or invalidity.
– Alternative dispute resolution: arbitration/mediation/conciliation.

See example

A machine patented in France and Spain could be freely imported and sold/marketed in Andorra, as long as the machine is not protected by an Andorran patent.

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