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A vacancy for PISCO: regulating GIs

In Latin American countries some Geographical Indications (GI) systems are controlled by the government and/or owned by the state e.g. Mexic...

A helping hand for enterprises.

We heard from Brazil that the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDE...

Peru: promoting IPRs to citizens

Two sets of news caught my attention from the Peruvian IPO (INDECOPI)’s newsroom. Both of them in a way incentive and promote IP. This endor...

Chilean Sello de Origen: Adding value to heritage products

This week I received my WIPO Magazine and I was happy to see that Chile made the front cover. I immediately recognised the words Sello de O...

Perú – Creación de Juzgados Penales especializados en Propiedad Intelectual

Gracias a nuestros amigos de Clarke, Modet & Co. ,  nos hemos enterado que mediante la Resolución Adminsitrativa Nº 153 2016-CE-PJ , el ...

IMPI VS REPUVE: DE LOS EXCESOS AL ABSURDO JURÍDICO

Durante décadas el Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (en adelante   IMPI ), se caracterizó por ser una institución transparente ...

The quinoa boom - INDECOPI, a helping hand

From Peru we heard that the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) is raising ...