Como muchos de ustedes sabrán, se están llevando a cabo negociaciones para un Acuerdo comercial entre la Unión Europea y sus Estados miembros, y Colombia y Perú.En ese contexto, se está estudiando proteger en...
El pasado día miércoles 21 de Abril del 2010, fue fundado en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile el Instituto Latinoamericano de Propiedad Intelectual para el Desarrollo (ILAPID) con la presencia de Directores y Jefes...
La empresa Millward Brown ha publicado su informe sobre las marcas más valoradas del 2010.Un año más, Google, por 4º año consecutivo ocupa el puesto número uno (114.000 millones de USD), seguida de otras 3...
Yesterday the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) in Brazil has decided that the validity of the patent which guarantees the right of exclusivity of Pfizer Inc. for the manufacture and marketing of Viagra, expires next...
"Supreme Court decision promises more efficient linkage system" is the title of an article by Juan Carlos Amaro (Becerril, Coca & Becerril SC) for International Law Office. The linkage system to which the title refers...
The Latin American publishing industry has taken with caution new technologies said the director for the Regional Centre for Book Development in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (CERLALC), Fernando Zapata Lopez. In 2009, only...
Precisamente en el día de la Propiedad Intelectual la OMPI presentó su nuevo logotipo. La fecha coincide con el 40º aniversario de la entrada en vigor del convenio fundacional de la OMPI y el...
I need to refer today to the previous blog re: Bacardi Rum Havana Club. I have been contacted by Amy Federman, for Bacardi USA Inc., who has kindly sent me a better bottle image for...
Hoy se promulgará en Chile la Nueva ley de Propiedad Intelectual, luego de casi tres años de discusiones en el Congreso. El Proyecto de ley que se promulga modifica la ley 17.336 de 2 de...
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Pernod Ricard against Bacardi. Pernord Richard, the premium spirits and wine company in the U.S., requested for an injunction stopping Bacardi U.S.A. from using "Havana Club" as the...
Browsing for IP news, I read with interest a report written by CAROL MALAVER from the Colombian newspaper EL TIEMPO. The statement informs that in Bogotá, the illegal business of counterfeit liquor has been...
Desde principios del 2009 a la fecha, la Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (PROFECO) ha multado a 11 empresas de distintos giros económicos que operan en el país por difundir publicidad engañosa. El monto total...
Writing for International Law Office ("Compulsory licences for medicines"), Santiago R Bustamante of Tobar & Bustamante Abogados explains that, last November, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa issued Decree 118: this declares that it is in the...
The president of the Competitiveness Committee - Chain Grapes, Wine and Singanis, Jorge Canedo, requested to the MP (Tarija sector) to bring before the Legislature amendments to the Criminal Code. The purpose is to reinforce...
This past week (15-16 April) I attended the IV International Graduate Legal Research Conference (IGLRC) hosted by King's College London School of Law and Graduate School. Although the Conference and papers were not regarding IP...
An International Conference called “Towards the practical implementation of the Council of Europe's Convention on Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes involving threats to public health (Medicrime Convention)” has taken place in Basel, Switzerland...
Como el IP tango informó anteriormente, la llamada ley antipiratería aprobada por el pleno de la Cámara de Diputados sigue (y seguirá) dando de que hablar.De dicho proyecto, se destacan las importantes reformas al Código...
As reported early this year( see earlier post), the drink made from the coca leaf and named after the indigenous Colla people from Bolivia's highlands, is now being distributed and is on sale in Bolivia....
Nos cuenta Rodrigo Ramirez que Alberto Casado Cerviño, con valentía está de visita en Chile y en representación de la OEPM firmó un convenio con el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial (Inapi), representado por su...
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It is with pleasure that I announce the launch of a new IP blog by the WTR. However, do not expect the usual blog addressing legal updates and case reports because you are going to...
Marcel Bruins, the new Secretary General of the International Seed Federation (ISF), has recently visited Chile. One of the reasons for visiting was to see at first hand, the country's seedling which enjoys strong export...
The IP tango’s friend Ricardo Antequera Parilli writes to inform the IP Latin American Audience of Intensive courses offered by Buenos Aires University, Argentina.During July, the Graduate Department puts forward a variety of intensive courses...
In their article "Scientific data protection: a new and autonomous IP category", written for International Law Office, Carlos O Mitelman and Daniel R Zuccherino (Obligado & Cia) describe the position in Argentina with regard to...
According to the Chilean Patent Office’s (INAPI) notice No. 001, issued on February 4, 2010, some patent publications will be taken into account as non-prejudicial disclosures in connection to the novelty patent filing requirement...
Desde la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Juan Angel Garza Vite nos cuenta que la Cámara de Diputados acaba de aprobar la reforma que adicionan los artículos 429 del Código Penal Federal y 223 Bis...
LA PROTECCIÓN DE LA PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL E INTELECTUAL EN LOS TRATADOS DE LIBRE COMERCIO EN AMERICA LATINA Universidad de Alicante (Sala de Juntas de la Facultad de Derecho) Lunes 3 mayo 2010, 16:30 – 20.00...
Cuba has open the first House of ALBA (ALBA stands in Spanish for Bolivarian Agreement of the Americas). The launch of ‘La casa de Cuba ALBA’ is a project that ‘aims to promote and legitimise...
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