Figures from Bloomberg show that US fast food company McDonald’s Corp has experienced slowing sales growth in Latin America this year, which is set to continue as the recession curbs diners’ appetites for Big Macs...
Brazil's National Committee for BioSafety (CTNBio) recently approved the commercial use of the transgenic cotton WideStrike in Brazil. This genetically modified organism (GMO), manufactured by Dow AgroSciences Industrial (a Dow Chemical company division), is known...
Domain name registry Network Information Centre Mexico (NIC Mexico) has reopened the registration of domain names under '.mx'. This reopening takes place in three phases:During the pre-registration period the owners of '.com.mx', '.net.mx', '.org.mx', '.edu.mx' and...
The “Magister Lvcentinvs of the University of Alicante and the Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office” offer three grants for the 16th Master’s Degree in Industrial and Intellectual Property and Information Society Law. As in...
The 3rd Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil (STJ) issued an important decision last Tuesday (March 17, 2009) after examining Special Appeal no. 960.728 – RJ filed by EI DU PONT DE...
On 19 February 2009 the Argentine Film Directors Association (“Directores Argentinos Cinematográficos” or “DAC”) was recognized as the sole official collective management organization for film directors, by presidential Decree 124/2009. The Decree was officially announced...
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By WCT Notification No. 74 it has been announced that the Eastern Republic of Uruguayhas deposited its instrument of ratification of the WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996. That Treaty will enter into force, with respect to...
Since 2001 the Health National Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) –- regarded as the Brazilian equivalent of the US's FDA -- has examined patent applications when the subject matter relates to pharmaceutical drugs and processes, along with...
Según nos informa Alfonso Rivera, el gobierno ecuatoriano ha utilizado el fondo musical de la canción “Hey Jude” de los Beatles para una campaña publicitaria sin los permisos pertinentes.La música de Paul McCartney acompaña toda...
Celebrada en la Ciudad de México la 34ª edición de la reunión mundial del ICANN, se ha anunciado la intención de aumentar los dominios genéricos abriendo las posibilidades no sólo a terminaciones de tres letras,...
Chile became the 140th Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Contracting State on 2 March 2009. The PCT will enter into force for Chile on 2 June 2009. IP Tango learns that further information will be published...
Gracias a Nestor Morera (de Morera Abogados, Costa Rica) hemos sabido que Peru se ha convertido en el 141 Estado parte del Tratado sobre cooperación en materia de patentes (PCT). Perú depositó su documento de...
Earlier this week the Mexican Official Gazette published a declaration of protection for the Appellation of Origin Vainilla de Papantla for a “mature fruit derived from the orchid Vanilla planifolia Andrews [synonym of Vanilla fragans...
Hace algunos meses informamos sobre la convocatoria para elegir la marca turística de la Ciudad de México.Bien, pues después de muchos problemas que se suscitaron en la elección del diseño ganador, como denuncias de plagio...
The competition authority in Colombia has authorised Coca-Cola FEMSA and The Coca-Cola Company to acquire the Brisa bottled water business from Bavaria, a subsidiary of SABMiller. The price agreed for this brand, together with its...
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