The Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office (SPTO) has announced that in agreement with the Spanish State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Information Society (SETSI) that requests for Patent Technological Reports by companies in the ICT industry will be subsidised (in some cases fully subsidised) by the SETSI.

Further details on the arrangement can be found here. The arrangement is part of the Avanza Plan, which is to further the promotion of industrial property.

Sources & further information

Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office (SPTO) news - Cooperation between the SPTO and the SETSI in the Avanza Plan

Spanish State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Information Society website - Informes Tecnológicos de Patentes TIC [in Spanish]

Spanish State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Information Society website - Plan Avanza [in Spanish]