October 2014

Colombia: a toy decision

Back in October 2013 the Colombian company ‘Two of You’ applied for the registration of the mark ‘Toy Two of You’ in class 3 of the Nice Cl...

INAPI de Chile inicia sus operaciones como ISA/IPEA del PCT

Hace dos años tuvo lugar la designación del INAPI  de Chile como ISA/IPEA en el marco del Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). El 22 de octubre ...

Starbucks: no 'shared planet' in Colombia

On July this year the American well-known coffee brand Starbucks launched its first store in Colombia. But, before launching its store it a...

Brazil: Progress and looking ahead -- facilitating online services

The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) is now facilitating access to online search system of trade marks, patents...

Colombia trade mark registration keeps getting speedier

At the end of September Natalia Franco Onofre posted the good news on IP Tango that trade mark registration in Colombia was now taking plac...

Mercosur IPR SME Helpdesk

El Mercosur IPR SME Helpdesk ofrece de forma gratuita una primera línea de asistencia en temas relacionados con Propiedad Industrial e Inte...

Ecuador decriminalises IP crimes -- for the time being

IP Tango learns that, following the adoption of a comprehensive Criminal Code, Ecuador has decriminalised both counterfeiting and the infrin...

Colombia: a notorious mark for UNILEVER

The Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) received an application to register the word mark ‘Lavomatic’ in Class 9 of th...

Venezuela: encouraging to register trade marks?

The Venezuelan Intellectual Property Office ( SAPI ) informs in its webpage the ‘good’ news that it has officially computerized the trade ma...

Colombia announces more legal protection to be given to patent inventors

The Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce ( SIC ) as the authority for Industrial Property used to take approx. 63 months (more...

2014 Top 50 Latin American Brands – Cerveza Corona la marca más valiosa

Millward Brown  ha hecho público su informe BRANDZ – 2014 Top Latin American Brands , el cual nuevamente es encabezado por la marca mexican...