September 2014

Brazil: Monsanto's change of luck

The Court of Appeal of Rio Grande do Sul (TJ-RS) has decided on Sept 24th that the multinational Monsanto has the right to charge royalties ...

Chile: Legalidad de la regulación por Circular del procedimiento de recepción de pruebas en solicitudes de marcas

Al año se presentan en Chile 30.000 solicitudes de registro de marca nueva, 4.000 de las cuales reciben una demanda de oposición. En igual p...

Bolivia is Royal [at least, one of its products]

At the end of August 2014, Bolivia achieved the recognition of ‘Quinoa Real’ (Quinoa Royal) as Denomination of Origin (DO) in the Andean Com...

Colombia: Solicitudes de concesión de registro de marcas en menos de seis (6) meses

El pasado 11 de agosto de 2014, el Superintendente De Industria y Comercio de Colombia, Doctor Pablo Felipe Robledo, expidió la Resolución N...

Coca-cola: are the big companies always the winners?

The Colombia Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) ruled in favour of Coca-Cola in a recent opposition proceedings. The action brou...

Colombia: the next #goodcoffee

The “Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia” has always been very active in protecting the “Café de Colombia” brand worldwide. In 2005...

Ecuador presses ahead with compulsory patent licences

Since it amended its law in 2009 in order to make use of the TRIPS flexibilities in favour of developing countries, the Ecuadorian Institute...

Brazil's National Directory: a new initiative to deal with counterfeits

IP Tango has received news of a new initiative to help combat trade mark piracy in Brazil: it's the National Directory for the Combat of...

México – El Gobierno Federal debe cesar en el uso de la marca REPUVE

Cero y van dos serios problemas que las autoridades mexicanas han tenido para bautizar al registro público donde la propiedad de automóvile...

IP for innovation and health: a forthcoming event

IP Tango learns that on 16 and 17 October 2014, the Association of Intellectual Property is holding its 5th Latin American Seminar, "Th...

La batalla por la Propiedad Industrial de las arpas paraguayas

En el años 2006 el comerciante de arpas, Salomón Sanabria , registró diseños y ornamentos utilizados en la construcción de arpas paraguayas...

How to Create Custom CSS Template for Printing

Along with the development of web technologies and web programming languages, web designing becoming more complex and the websites more fle...

How to Create Responsive Website or Blogger Template

As the time goes, browsing websites from desktop computers decreasing and using Laptops, Tablets and Mobile devices increasing day by day. S...