150
160
Chapter 11 Table
Country
Title
Subject matter protected
Spain
Utility model
Other countries' petty patent systems
New inventions involving an inventive step, which give an object a form, structure or constitution resulting in some substantially practical advantage.
Maximum
term
(including renewals)
Novelty Type of requirement examination
Provision for
compulsory licences
10 years
Local
Formal only
Yes
Taiwan
Utility model
Any new model of an article, having practical utility due to its form,
12 years
Absolute
Yes, for novelty and
No
inventiveness
structure or construction.
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