Writing in the subscription-based World Trademark Report, Colombian lawyer Margarita Castellanos (Castellanos & Co, Bogota) discusses a 12 March 2008 opinion issued by the Colombian Trade Mark Office on the use of the ® symbol....
In Democracy Now! there is an interview with legendary musician Gilberto Gil, presently a cabinet official in the Brazilian government. In this interview with Amy Goodman, he is asked about some copyright issues: "AMY GOODMAN:...
IP Tango has heard that, in order to counter the significant weakening of the value of the US dollar in recent years, Brazil's Industrial Property Office (INPI) announced that it would be raising its patent...
Maximiliano Santa Cruz, a member of Chile's mission to the United Nations in Geneva, has been elected chair of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), which is in...
Perú busca realizar cambios Decisión 486 (régimen de propiedad intelectual) de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN), para poder implementar el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) firmado con Estados Unidos y facilitar la firma de...
Research and Markets has reported that Research and Markets has published its "Outlook for Pharmaceuticals in Latin America to 2013" (click here for details). According to this report, the eight leading Latin American pharmaceutical markets...
In Virgin Enterprises Ltd v Café La Virginia SA , the Argentine Federal Court of Appeals in Civil and Commercial Matters held that Virgin Enterprises had no legitimate interest in registering the mark VIRGIN for...
Carlos Caminada (Bloomberg) reports that cotton-grower Brazil is to pursue $4 billion in sanctions against US patents and business services in retaliation against subsidies paid to US cotton farmers in the event that the World...
Gracias a Alfonso Rivera (Tobar y Bustamante, Ecuador), en IP-Tango hemos tenido conocimiento de los problemas que están apareciendo en el seno de Comunidad Andina para reformar la Decisión 486 de régimen común sobre propiedad...
The "spanish version of IP-Tango" se estrena con una noticia relacionada con Perú. El INDECOPI (Instituto nacional de defensa de la competencia y de la protección de la propiedad intelectual) acaba de publicar el Proyecto...
The current issue of the International Trademark Association's INTA Bulletin (Vol. 63, No. 11) carries a short feature entitled "INPI Signals More Flexible Approach to Trademark Coexistence". Written by Raquel Flanzbaum and Manuel Alonso (Mitrani,...
Writing in Gadling.com, Jeremy Kressmann ("Ciudad del Este - South America's black market hotspot") reports on the sale of counterfeit goods in Ciudad del Este, which he describes as "Paraguay's smuggling capital". He explains: "The...
Rainforest Resort & Casino S.A. is in the process of acquiring and developing several properties which will be turned into a 24-hour resort complex, “Rainforest Resort & Casino”. This resort, in the heart San José...
Latin Business Chronicle (LBC) records that Uruguay was challenging Chile as the top technology nation in Latin America, while Cuba languishes at the foot of the list. These are the findings of LBC's third annual...
PR Newswire reports that Merck Serono, a division of the German pharma giant Merck KGaA, has signed a distribution agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb for a portfolio of established pharmaceutical brands in Latin America.This agreement gives...
Stock & Land reports that Chile and Australia have concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), which should be signed in late July. The FTA, which will enter into force on 1 January 2009,...
A news item in yesterday's Times Online ("Tate & Lyle under attack from Paraguay and India") reports that a herb used by the Guarani tribe of Paraguay has wiped 7p off the value of shares...
By WPPT Notification No. 70 (WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty) the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay has notified the World Intellectual Property Organization of its deposit of an instrument of ratification of...
The IP Watch weblog reported yesterday that the Brazilian Supreme Court has finally given the go-ahead to research involving embryonic stem cells. The ruling follows a challenge to Article 5 of the 2005 Biosafety Law...
The American Chamber of Commerce in El Salvador has released the results of a survey on the perception of counterfeiting and piracy there, according to an item by Jose Roberto Romero (Romero Pineda & Asociados) in the World Trademark Report. The survey, conducted in December 2007, covered urban respondents ages from 18 to 50+.
A circular from the Brazil law firm of Di Blasi, Parente, Vaz e Dias e Associados explains that the Administrative Committee of the Internet in Brazil (CGI.br - Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil), the...
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