TRADEMARKS AND THEIR REGISTRY IN GUATEMALA

As Guatemalans we have the faculty to enjoy certain rights the law establishes, but in a world that grows constantly because of globalization and technology, it’s not enough to protect ourselves with human and property rights. Each day, more and more, we are in need to look out for everything that belongs to us, including our business’s our ideas, our creations, and our inventions among others. “The economist experience illustrates that there’s no sense in moving from physical to intellectual property”. Both are so important because they belong to men and are part of their creation, this is why it’s so important not to treat intellectual rights as something less important than property rights. Because of this need to protect intellectual property is that Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets have been created. All four are of great importance since they try to embrace whichever type of invention there could be, which go from the creation of an idea, to its exp...