August 2016

Compulsory licence and parallel import: what is happening in Latin America?

A trend or a right? These are the two sides that we can hear when a government is negotiating or authorizing a compulsory licence or paralle...

A network to attend: calling SMEs

No many times we receive news from Costa Rica and every time I see something in this country I get very excited [perhaps it’s because of its...

Pisco: Chile vs Peru

The Chilean Association of Producers of Pisco has heatedly reacted after a commercial banner located in a main area in Santiago de Chile re...

Argentina: The sun come out tomorrow... and you will have to put extra money at the IPO

From tomorrow onward the Argentina Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industral ( INPI ) will awake with new (increased) fees. The rise will...

Mexico: time to oppose to trade mark registration

At the end of this month (August 30, 2016) Mexico will implement an opposition system in trade mark. In May this year the Latin America IPR ...

Samba, carnival...yep, you got it, we bring news from Brazil

From Brazil we looked at the number ‘57’ as a registered Geographical Indication (GI). The application came from the Instituto Bordado Filé ...