Escrow Spain offers game
developers an alternative way of registering their works that has huge
advantages over traditional procedure (Intellectual Property Registry):
Asset to be registered: we can register a videogame as a single entity (software source code, multimedia, script, graphics, etc..) From its
initial conception to the finished product in its different versions.
Confidentiality: the
registration is notarized so that the contents, date and time of registration
are completely confidential. The RPI publishes records once they have been
approved.
Immediacy: The RPI sets a
minimum period of time of six months which often extends far beyond. These deadlines are
totally unacceptable in an industry with dynamism and changes speed as the videogame
one. Our record is immediate and with full force and effect from the time
of registration.
Validity and strength of
evidence: on being covered by a notary public act of faith, the record has a
maximum proof force to defend authorship. In addition, Escrow Spain incorporates
a methodology for strengthening the authorship proof based on the
incorporation of additional documentation (which is also included in the
register) audio/video recording of the author, escrow marks, business plan, etc.
In addition, through the process of 'apostilla' (endorsement), the official Spanish documents
are valid in the countries that signed the 1961 Hague Convention.
The notarial record is
complemented by a sealed deposit in-house notary (and optional copy in a safe
bank) that guarantees access to those assets if necessary (legal proceedings or
litigation).
We provide digital asset
tangibilización services that allow the valuation of the video game based on data such as
man-hours invested, business plan, market potential, and so on. This report is
complemented by the option of creating a De Luxe package with the digital asset
stored on a flash drive with the finest materials that offers an appropriate
image to the 'value' of assets it stores.
We also offer a consultancy
service to achieve tax relief for investment in R & D
foresaw in spanish Ley de Impuestos de Sociedades (Corporations Tax Act.) Escrow Spain is responsible for conducting
integrated management of this procedure to generate all necessary documentation,
commissioning the independent report and submitting the application to the
competent body.