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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...

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...