September 2017

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...

The Pope's visit to Colombia: an IP matter

Early September Colombia received a very special and anticipated visit. As Pope Francis prepared to visit Colombia for a six-day Apostolic J...

Webinar "IPRs for EU SMEs in Mexico"

--> Our friends of Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk have organized a very interesting webinar regarding Intellectual Property Rights f...

Criptomonedas: EE.UU., Corea del Sur, Canadá y China regulan las ICOs (Initial Coin Offering)

El fenómeno de las criptomonedas -basadas en la tecnología subyacente de la blockchain o "cadena de bloques"- está en una etapa ...

SPORTFLIX, the Netflix of Sports, is suspended for an alleged violation of IPRs

In the same way that Netflix changed the way of watching tv and films, Sportflix, a Mexican company with international partners, was intende...

Argentina: Uso de la Indicación Geográfica y DO en las etiquetas de vino se flexibiliza

En Argentina, el Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura (INV) y el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (INPI) emitieron la resoluci...

Explain that to me, ‘despacito’ –step by step-

This week we open it up with a Guest Post from David Felipe Alvarez Amezquita, a Colombian lawyer currently working on his PhD at University...