INVALIDITY OF REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
Since the entry into force of the amendment to the Trademark Law 17/2001 processed through Royal Decree-Law 23/2018, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office has been given the capacity to resolve in administrative proceedings some actions by which the invalidity of a previously registered trademark is directly requested. It enters into force on January 14, 2023, as determined by final provision 7 of the aforementioned Royal Decree-Law, incorporated as Additional Provision One of the aforementioned Trademark Law. In the past, these...
