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Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Spain

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Title Law No. 24/2015 of July 24, 2015, on Patents
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Artículo 23. Requisitos de la solicitud.


2. Cuando la invención se refiera a materia biológica de origen vegetal o animal la solicitud deberá incluir la mención de su origen geográfico o la fuente de procedencia de dicha materia si estos datos fueran conocidos. Esta información no prejuzgará la validez de la patente.
En los supuestos previstos en el Reglamento (UE) n.º 511/2014 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 16 de abril de 2014, relativo a las medidas de cumplimiento de los usuarios del Protocolo de Nagoya sobre el acceso a los recursos genéticos y participación justa y equitativa en los beneficios que se deriven de su utilización en la Unión, la solicitud de patente deberá asimismo contener, en la medida en que reglamentariamente se determine, la información que los usuarios de tales recursos vienen obligados a conservar con arreglo a lo previsto en la norma citada. La referida información tampoco prejuzgará la validez de la patente.