El Salvador accedes to TLT
By TLT Notification No. 49 the World Intellectual Property Organization has announced the deposit by the Government of the Republic of El Salvador, on 14 August 2008, of its instrument of accession to the Trademark...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
"Cusco", nueva denominación de origen en Perú
Magda Benites Farfán ha informado al IP-Tango desde Milan que "el Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (Indecopi) reconoció el nombre “Cusco” como denominación de origen para distinguir un peculiar tipo de maíz producido en esta región, con lo que “Cusco” se convierte en la segunda denominación de origen peruana luego de “Pisco”". Más información en el articulo escrito por Magda en "El Peruano" sobre la cuestión. Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Brazil takes next step in bid for WTO sanctions against the US
PR-Inside reports that Brazil yesterday formally asked the World Trade Organization for permission to impose up to US$4 billion in annual sanctions against goods and services originating from the US in order to penalize the...
Monday, 25 August 2008
Court limits grant of special protection to highly reputed mark in Brazil
The Federal Court of Appeal of the 2nd Region (the so-called TRF) rendered a decision on 12 August 2008 confirming that the Brazilian Trademark Office (INPI) is the sole agency that is empowered to recognize...
US ambassador politely criticises Belize over IP failure
7 News reports from Belize on the seventh annual US Embassy exhibition, “Made in the USA”, to encourage Belizean importers to buy more. According to the report, Robert Dieter (US Ambassador to Belize) said: “Belize...
Friday, 22 August 2008
Pernod Ricard invests in Graffigna wine brand
Wine and spirits giant Pernod Ricard is reported to be planning a major marketing drive to increase the popularity and sales of Argentina's Graffigna wine brand in the UK. New packaging and a shift to...
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
New Andean Decision 689
From José Barreda (Barreda Moller, Lima, Peru) the IP Tango weblog has learned of Decision 689 -- the New Andean Rules on Industrial Property. According to Mr Barreda, "The Commission of the Andean Community has...
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Consumer law and product liability in Argentina
The Argentine Consumer Protection Law (Law 22,240), first enacted in 1993, was amended by Law 26,361 in March of this year. This law, which cannot be contracted out of, renders a trade mark owner liable...
Monday, 18 August 2008
Data exclusivity in Brazil
The Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review is a new periodical published by Newton Media. The first issue contains an article by Otto Banho Licks (Momsen Leonardos & Cia, Brazil) on developments in Brazil concerning the...
Friday, 15 August 2008
Mind what you do with that Tequila ...!
Today's issue of the International Trademark Association's INTA Bulletin (vol.63, no.15) carries an update on appellations of origin and geographical indications in Mexiso by Mexican lawyers Ignacio Domínguez-Torrado (Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff), Jose-Juan Méndez...
Open source, piracy and affordable products
Business News Americas carries an interview with Ian Wenig (Senior Director, Zoho) on software as a service in Latin America. This feature discusses the benefits of using open source and free software as the basis...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Generic drugs surge in Brazil as patents expire
PR-Inside has published a note on Generic Drugs Market in Brazil (2007-2011), a Companies and Markets report. The report itself mentions that emerging economic power Brazil is stamping its identity strongly upon the generic drugs...
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
IP in Chile: a handy summary
The IBLS Internet-Law News Portal has recently posted a useful English-language summary by Martha Arias of Chile's Industrial Property Law 19.039 of 1991. This article touches on the background to the law, its structure, the...
Monday, 11 August 2008
Brazil's success in branding agri-products cited
Writing in BrandChannel this week, Randall Frost ("Emerging Nations Cultivate Agricultural Brands") discusses the branding of agricultural produce. In this context the success of Brazil in branding its coffees and wine products is specifically mentioned....
Friday, 8 August 2008
Argentina opts for regulated tourism subdomain
In June of this year NIC Argentina, the organization responsible for Argentine domain name regisrations, announced the launch of the new .tur.ar subdomain for tourism-related registrants. This followed the signing of an agreement between the...
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Costa Rica signs up for TLT
By TLT Notification No. 48 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica of its instrument of ratification of the 1994 Trademark Law Treaty....
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Chile pharma buoyant, but IP lags behind
According to the latest Market Watch forecast, the Chilean pharmaceutical market has grown by a robust 14.8% in US dollar terms in 2008 and by 9.2% in local currency terms. The report, which is mainly...
Friday, 1 August 2008
IMPI rules on time limits for TM cancellation actions
IMPI, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, has issued a series of decisions that impose time limits on cancellation actions, taking the view that an action for trade mark cancellation must be brought within a...
