Intellectual Property

The collected contents provide a reference for observing how innovation in packaging is formalised, protected and made transferable through legal, technical and design-related instruments. The section makes it possible to identify development trajectories linked to new closure systems, advanced materials, smart devices, traceability solutions, production technologies, and strategies oriented towards sustainability and circularity. 

The analysis of intellectual property contributes to understanding the relationship between research, industrial development and design application. From this perspective, patents, utility models and designs are considered not only as protection instruments, but also as sources for interpreting the technical, competitive and strategic evolution of the packaging sector.