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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...

Politics and IP. Regulation and IP. Just Two of the Topics Up for Discussion in Cartagena This October!

Highlighted recently here  on IP Tango, the International Trademark Association (INTA) will be hosting its Changing Landscape of Latin Ameri...

INTA to Host Changing Landscape of Latin America Conference in Cartagena

The International Trademark Association (INTA) has been increasing its engagement, education, and outreach throughout Latin America in 2017....

Copyright Holders, do not worry… Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence on hotels has not changed

On July 6th this year, the Hotel and Tourism Association of Colombia (Cotelco) issued a lawsuit of unconstitutionality against Articles 159 ...

Pisco: Cultural Heritage of Peru

The Peruvian denomination of origin (DO) 'Pisco' has been declared Cultural Heritage of the Peruvian Nation. Law 30639 which was pub...