November 2011

Radio Angulo from Cuba reports that the Habana is holding this week - November 28 to December 3, at the Havana’s Center of Biotechnology an...

En Colombia el Tribunal Superior de Barranquilla le dio la razón al escritor Gabriel García Márquez (Premio Nobel de Literatura, 1982) en un...

The last couple of days members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage - UNESCO, has been discussin...

Sobre el proyecto PROSUR hay variadas opiniones. Considerando que para el 30 de Noviembre está fijada la próxima reunión en Ecuador, es opor...

INPI’s President in Brazil, Mr Jorge Avila will participate in the ' IP Week and Open Innovation ' to be held in Brussels, Belgium, ...

 La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) publicó esta semana en su sitio web una corrección al Informe Mundial sobre Prop...

Software INPI informs that one of the most important centres of innovation in the country, i.e. Pernambuco, is becoming a focus of intense ...

The Brazilian University of Ponta Grossa ( UEPG ) has applied for the first time for an international patent application – i.e. under the Pa...

Later this year, I have seen a in matters of traditional knowledge. This wording may cover many things: the way perhaps a handcraft is made...

The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Indistrial ( INPI ) announced the approval of two applications of Geographical Indication (GI...

Today I bring you the news of the battle of the toucans – reported here . You may remember that the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MAI) receiv...

Susana Zabaleta, a Mexican singer and actress, and whose talent has being recognised this year by ‘The Cervantes Festival’ for her 25-year ...

La nueva publicación de la OMPI titulada  World Intellectual Property Report 2011- The Changing Face of Innovation – expone cómo, en todo el...

When you thought that the increase in your gas and electricity bills were the last and final straw that would break the camel's back,let...

Karin Klempp , a specialist in commercial contracts and intellectual property, considered at the seminar held on November 9, in Rio de Janei...

In Brazil, the Central Bureau of Collection and Distribution ( ECAD ) is the body that represents musicians and is responsible for collectin...

The Brazilian Fourth Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice ( STJ ) ruled against an educational institution to pay $ 20,000 in damages to...

Back in September INTA met with some representatives of Latin America IP offices –apologies tangueros , I am not reading old newspapers I ju...

El Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) está promoviendo regular el uso del nombre de la planta agave con la que se producen...

Los países menos desarrollados (PMD) han pedido a la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) ampliar la prórroga para aplicar el acuerdo so...