M.I.S.E. has allocated new resources for the announcements “Patent +”, “Trademark +3” and “Design +4”
Due to the extraordinary amount of applications submitted in one day, the General Management for the protection of industrial property – U.I.B.M., was forced to suspend:
- the announcement “Patents +“, (click here to discover the incentives granted), with the Directorial Decree published on 31 January 2020;
- the call for “Design +4” (click here to discover the incentives granted), with the Directorial Decree published on 27 May 2020.
- the “Trademarks +3” call (click here to discover the incentives granted), with the Directorial Decree published on 10 June 2020;
However, in order to meet the requests of companies that have not been able to submit their applications to obtain incentives, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, by Decree of 15 June 2020 (published in the Official Gazette n°162 of 30.06.2020), has:
- allocated additional resources for a total amount of 43 million Euros, distributed as follows: 25 million for the announcement “Patents +” call; 14 million for the announcement “Design +4”; 4 million for the announcement “Trademarks +3”.
- Ordered the publication of a new decree, within the following 30 days of the publication of this one (30th of june), which will indicate the operating procedures for the submission of new applications, aimed at obtaining the incentives provided by each of the aforementioned announcements.
