Utility model: an invention that gives an object, or part of an object, a configuration, structure, mechanism or arrangement that improves the functioning of a product or process. Mark: any distinctive sign, visible to the eye, that identifies and distinguishes products and services from other, similar ones of a different origin, and that certifies their compliance with certain standards or technical specifications. Industrial design: the plastic, ornamental form of an object or the ornamental set of lines and colors that is applied to a product, producing a new and original visual result in its external configuration, and that may be used as a type in industrial manufacturing. Geographical indication: this is the geographical name of a country, or a city, region or locality in that country, which becomes known as a centre for the production, manufacture or extraction of a certain product or the provision of a certain service. Appellation of origin is the geographical appellation of a country, or a city, region or locality in that country, which designates a product or service whose qualities or characteristics are due exclusively or essentially to its geographical environment, including natural and human factors. Local or indigenous knowledge: all the knowledge from a place or traditional community resulting from intellectual activity and belonging to the tradition there, including know-how, techniques, innovation, practices and expertise. Traditional local knowledge forms part of the lifestyle of a community and is contained in the system of coded knowledge handed down from one generation to another. Biodiversity: everything that lives in nature, such as plants, trees, insects, fish, animals and micro-organisms. Biodiversity therefore consists of the different species living alongside one another in the same space. Science: knowledge or system of knowledge encompassing global truths and the functioning of general laws relating to the physical world and the phenomena in it, specially obtained and tested through research, using the scientific method. Scientific research: all the work systematically done to expand knowledge, including knowledge of human beings, culture and society, together with the use of this knowledge in new applications, with the aim of improving quality of life. Researcher: staff with the necessary skills and professional ability, engaged in a career of research, working on the design or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems and in managing their respective projects.