Purpose
The Technology and Innovation Support Centers (CATI) are spaces that offer entrepreneurs, inventors, researchers, innovators, businessmen, institutions and MSMEs of Antioquia, guidance and personalized assistance on the protection of their creations. This accompaniment is free of charge and specializes in industrial property (trademarks, industrial designs and patents) and technological information. For more information, write to gestor.cati@rutanmedellin.org
BENEFITS
- Registration of trademarks, slogans and other distinctive signs.
- Requirements for patenting.
- Definition, principles, types of trademarks and Nice Classification.
- Protection of inventions by means of invention patent, utility model patent, industrial design or layout-design of integrated circuits.
- Intellectual property application procedures.
- General information on industrial property rules, procedures and formalities.
- Intellectual property applications How to know their status and follow up?
- How to make use of the database to know the trademark history and determine if there is a risk of confusion.
- Search tools to find patents or trademarks.
- Information on incentives, grants or financing for patent and trademark applications.
- Assistance in searching for technology information.