October 2011

Media law in Venezuela: If you cannot show (or say) something nice, do NOT broadcast!

7:19 AM
Thanks go to my Venezuelan friends for sending me this news regarding the situation of Globovision, a TV channel from Venezuela. Broadcastin...

Get me some popcorns please!

10:00 PM
Who doesn’t like a good film? Moreover, who doesn’t like a happy ending especially if it is real life? I am afraid I was stuffing myself wit...

MISUSE OF SPONSORED LINKS UNDER THE BRAZILIAN LAW

1:58 PM
Competition for clientele is no longer limited to street corners and avenues. The internet has been a stage to this business rivalry for a l...

Pharmaceutical market moves serious $

4:13 AM
According to the Ministry of Health , the Brazilian pharmaceutical market moves US$28 billion annually [as you will see this is backed stron...

Brazil has a saying in Adwords

1:53 AM
IPtango has received an article for one of his Brazilian [no tango dancer but a samba dancer] members regarding the sitution of misuse of ...

Argentina: Más problemas para Taringa

1:52 AM
Aunado al procesamiento del que les comentamos hace algunos meses , la Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en los Criminal y Correcional de Argen...

A meaningful pact -- or just a Mexican wave?

6:48 AM
Mexico: the UK's latest partner in reducing the global backlog? The UK government's News Distribution Service has issued a media re...

INDECOPI shows the way to support an invention

1:27 AM
Peru celebrates the tenth edition of its "National Invention Contest". There are 119 projects involved in this competition which i...

Bringing down the baddies!

7:10 AM
A month ago the special brigade that investigates intellectual property crimes in Chile was made aware of some ‘Solingen’ ™ products which w...

Let's tango in Venezuela

7:17 AM
The Venezuelan Intellectual Property Office (SAPI) is inviting to two events: 1. ‘Seminar on Intellectual Property Trademarks, Patents and C...

INDECOPI is happy to act ex officio - good results for a good cause

3:46 AM
The INDECOPI’s Copyright Commission informs that between 2009 and 2011 has initiated 44investigations against cable companies across the cou...

Long distance (and time) affair: the FTA between Colombia and the US

5:11 AM
Finally the wait is over for Colombia. After five years from the signature of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, the Uni...

INAPI de Chile e IMPI de México realizan talleres sobre Clasificador de Niza

2:17 AM
En las ciudades de Iquique, Santiago y Concepción, el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial, INAPI, realiza esta semana talleres itiner...

Brazil upholds trade mark applicant's entitlement to relief

3:27 PM
In August of this year the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice held that a trade mark applicant is entitled to enforce IP rights against thi...

Dealing with data protection: the Habeus Data right

6:20 AM
Yesterday the Colombian Constitutional Court endorsed ‘Habeus Data’ ( ‘ you should have the data’) right to become law. Habeus Data as the ...

AECUPI

2:37 AM
Vía Blog Lvcentinvs se ha dado a conocer la realización de las  III Jornadas Internacionales de Propiedad Intelectual, que se celebrarán en...

Iron Maiden declarada marca notoria y famosa en Chile logra nulidad de registro

1:47 AM
Con fecha 30 de septiembre de 2011 la Corte Suprema de Chile ha resuelto acoger un recurso de casación en el fondo en contra de la sentencia...

Chile: Primer encuentro internacional de transferencia tecnológica

1:23 AM
Ayer fue inaugurado en Santiago de Chile el Primer Encuentro de Transferencia Tecnológica en el cual participan expertos internacionales de ...

Brazil faces up to Fifa over World Cup 2014 Bill

2:20 AM
Fifas's slogan for the 2014 World Cup tournament Just over a week ago, IP Tango reported on the Bill which has been drafted to protect I...

IX Congreso Internacional AAAML: “Marcas Turísticas: puerta para la inversión y la exportación de la identidad local”

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Como os informamos hace unas semanas , la AAAML  ha organizado un interesante congreso sobre Marcas Turísticas, el cual se celebrará del 13 ...