2017

Modernización del TLCUEM y la protección de las Indicaciones Geográficas.

En el marco de la Modernización del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre México y la Unión Europea ( TLCUEM ), se desarrolla  la negociación de u...

Food for thought

Last month we advertised a conference i.e. Heritage Across Borders. This was now extended to 31st of December, 2017. Under the session Tangi...

Parliament standards: submitting plagiarised documents

Yesterday the Chilean Chamber of Deputies and the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Chile has signed a colla...

Heritage Across Borders

The above conference has been advertised by the UK Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) as well as other forums. I would like to further up upon ...

CHILE: INAPI actualiza las directrices de examen de patentes

El Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial de Chile ha informado la publicación de una versión actualizada de sus Directrices de Examen d...

Mexico seeks protection for Artisans

Nestlé, Mango, and Yuya, a Mexican Youtuber, are in the spotlight for the alleged unauthorised use and plagiarism of the traditional craft d...

Brazil: going to Madrid?

Welcome Madrid System! At the Brazilian Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Instituto Nacional da Propiedade ...

EE.UU.: Jurado resuelve en contra de dueño de inmueble y a favor de grafiteros

El martes recién pasado finalizó en Brooklyn un juicio que resolvió si el graffiti, a pesar de su naturaleza transitoria, debe o no ser reco...

Peru joins TMview and DesignView

TMview is a common online trade mark information platform. This platform is used in the EU as well in the ASEAN region. The aim of the TMvie...

Chile: Riesgo de confusión (y asociación) entre marcas de vino y cerveza

En fallo dividido, la Corte Suprema de Chile acogió un recurso de casación en el fondo y rechazó la solicitud de registro de la marca Camin...

Colombian Constitutional Court mandates Google to eliminate a blog from its platform Blogger

On 2016, John William Fierro Caicedo, the owner of the company ‘Muebles Caquetá’ (Caquetá Furniture), instituted an action of ‘tutela’ again...

Chile's project: promoting, protecting and boosting traditional products

Through the ‘Sello de Origen’ program the Chilean presented to the legal representative of the Sociedad Agrícola Punucapa SA, producers of C...

A legal battle over a ‘Champagne Biscuit’

Carozzi, a Chilean multinational company specialised in the food industry, won a legal dispute against the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin ...

EU Piracy Study Finds No Connection between Piracy and Sales

Most of us have participated in a form of digital piracy in one form or another. Maybe you’ve downloaded a song off the internet, or even fo...

Promoting the IP system in Brazil

The INPI has had a busy couple of weeks. This week INPI’s president participated in a meeting with representatives of the Intellectual Prop...

Brazil: Geographical Indications in a map

Mapa das Indicações Geográficas brasileiras Source:INPI We hear about a new map…GI map? The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Indu...

Peru: examples of good practice

The Peruvian Institute of the Fair Competition and Intellectual Property recently attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) F...

Chile: Subsidio estatal para el patentamiento vía PCT de invenciones chilenas

En Chile el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial- INAPI dio inicio al Programa de Apoyo al Patentamiento de Invenciones Chilenas en el...

The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Patents in Latin America

A new book is hitting the shelves. Prof Kenneth C. Shadlen , London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK writes to inform us ...

Dancing with pride: Jeremy did it!

Our dear Jeremy Phillips, the founder of the IPTango, IPKat and many other IP blogs, was awarded the David Goldring Volunteer Award from Mar...

New Registers can Oppose Marks Previously Filled for Registration

Monsieur Periné , a Colombian musical group, achieved recognition of its name as a well-known trademark. This declaratory was made by the Su...