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Mexico boosts DPE protection

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On 19 June 2012, COFEPRIS (the agency in charge to grant marketing authorizations in Mexico) published on its website an internal decree p...

A date to remember with a big machine

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The Peruvian Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection ( INDECOPI ) is trying to foster a culture of re...

Fancy a job in Rio?

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The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial ( INPI ) reports that the Ministry of Planning has authorised to offer 250 vacanc...

Panama boosts its international IP commitments

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7 September 2012 is an important day for intellectual property rights in Panama.  On that date, the Republic's commitment to three inter...

Rio +20: Innovation for Sustainable Development

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Brazilian Institute Nacional da Propriedade Industrial ( INPI ) is playing its role in Rio+20 in the fight against global climate change. It...

Is it really happening? A Regional Trade Mark is on its way for Prosur

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Last week during the event LES Pan-European Conference 2012 in Rome, there were some talks and memorandum of understandings (MoU) establish...

Welcome to the 30's -- craft tradition and beyond

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‘Renaissance lace’ is the latest product to apply for Geographical indication (GI). Producers of the lace in the region of Cariri Paraiba su...

Solicitan en Chile Indicación Geográfica Cangrejo Dorado de Juan Fernández

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En lo que parece ser una tendencia sin vuelta atrás, se ha presentado una nueva solicitud de Indicación de Procedencia en Chile. Se trata es...

Sistemas de protección de los recursos genéticos y los conocimientos tradicionales

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En el Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (Indecopi) de Perú se reunieron represe...

Madrid Protocol: Colombia is ready!

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Following last week post that the Madrid Protocol will be effective for Colombia on 29 August 2012, we now received the news that the Colom...

Chile y Colombia firman un MoU en materia de Propiedad Industrial

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El Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial (INAPI) de Chile y la Superintencia de Industria y Comercio de Colombia (SIC) firmaron un memo...

Bee-happy!

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Last year we reported here that the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial ( INPI ) received an application for a geographi...