Copyright

The copyright of this computer program for the specific surveillance of trademarks are registered in the Intellectual Property Registry under the title Guide notebook and computer program for the elaboration of a specific list of word analogies for the comparison of marks in their surveillance © 2020, hereinafter the Computer Program.

The author of this Computer Program is Álvaro Herrera Dávila, a natural person who has created it as an original work, in the sense of being his own intellectual creation, being the owner of the Copyright.

The Protected Computer Program solves the problems posed by the monitoring of analogies between marks, since these are not, given their imaginative nature, always perceptible by a conventional computer program. The solution found has been to compare electronically a specific comparative list previously prepared in part manually for each mark to be monitored, understanding the comparative options that could concern it in its computer crossing with the marks subsequently requested and published in the national, Community and international bulletins. The owner of the monitored mark may assist in the preparation of this list.

Heda authorizes the use by each client of the Protected Computer Program when registering as a subscriber, benefiting from its advantages for the duration of the subscription. The user of the unauthorized Computer Program will be considered as an infringer.

Heda Patentes y Marcas, S.L. may urge the cessation of the illicit activity of any infringer and demand compensation for the damages caused, and may also be held responsible for the infringement who knowingly induces the infringing conduct.

The damages due to the owner of this copyright that is infringed may include not only the value of the loss suffered, but also the value of the gain that has ceased to be obtained as a result of the violation of its right. The amount of compensation may include, where appropriate, the costs of investigation incurred in order to obtain reasonable evidence of the commission of the offence which is the subject of the legal proceedings.

One of the most important practical advantages for a berne convention accession country such as Spain is that the works of its authors – and this work in particular – are automatically protected in all countries party to the Convention.