Last night I was trying to finish a paper regarding the new signed FTA between the EU and Colombia/Peru on Geographical Indications and I noticed something. In the draft, under the Provisions concerning Intellectual Property...
The Bill 234/2009, concerning the adoption of the Madrid Protocol, failed to be discussed at meetings of the Colombian Congress. Was this a temporal matter or a permanent one?It is reported that the Bill has...
From Santiago R Bustamante (Tobar & Bustamante Abogados) comes the depressing news for IP owners that Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute has, from 1 June, hugely increased the official fees which it charges for its services....
The Brazilian fashion industry is recognized as one of the fastest growing in international market. From fashion lingerie, beachwear to haute couture, Brazilian clothing may be found nowadays in the main centers of Europe, the...
El día de hoy se celebró la firma del acuerdo de cooperación entre el Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) y la Secretaría General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (SG/OEA) a...
Last week (17/06) the Colombian Congress approved the ‘Fanny Mikey’ Law which seeks to protect economic rights (royalties) to soap opera actors and actresses when productions are later sold and broadcast in Colombia and abroad....
The Third Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) is hearing an appeal with the aim of changing compensation for inappropriate use of software that can reach the value of $ 1 billion -...
Oscar Montezuma (Miranda y Amado Abogados) nos ha hecho llegar información muy interesante acerca del Proyecto de Ley de protección de datos personales, recientemente aprobado por el Ministerio de Justicia, y que se está discutiendo...
The PILA Network is a project co-financed by the European Union, in the framework of the ALFA III programme, and is composed of higher education institutions (HEIs) from 18 different Latin American countries.Its aim is...
Según nos cuenta nuestro incondicional informador Juan Angel Garza Vite (Universidad de Nueva León, Mexico), el día 18 de Junio de 2010 se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación de México el Decreto...
Con esta entrada, en IP Tango queremos llamar la atención sobre el encomiable trabajo que Ricardo Antequera Parilli y el resto de miembros de CERLALC (Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina...
The Brazilian Foreign Board (CAMEX) – the agency that encompasses the ministers entitled to tailor the foreign trade policy – gathered late today and approved an agreement with the United States, which suspended until 2012...
The three days of talks between representatives of Ecuador and the EU arrived to an end - re: FTA. Yesterday was the last meeting and the conclusion was...well, according to the El Comercio newspaper, “there...
The official theme of the 2010 South African World Cup is under debate. The singer and songwriter, Wilfrido Vargas, accused Shakira of plagiarism for the use of the chorus of his song titled “ el...
Although soccer World Cup ambush marketing is currently getting plenty of publicity, it is the Rio Pan American Games in 2007 which is the focal point of a recent piece of Brazilian litigation -- the...
Ecuador and the EU return to a dialogue. Ecuador left 11 months ago the discussions that had begun the EU with four Andean countries (Andean block) regarding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - Peru and...
While the title appears to be a football match, this is indeed the news that Brazil has suspended (temporarily) the retaliation against the US.Last Thursdays (10/06), the Senate of Brazil approved the suspension of obligations...
On 9 June the Ministry of Foreign Commerce (Comex) in Costa Rica announced a new structure that aims to take better advantage of trade agreements.Costa Rica has existing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Mexico, Canada,...
Today’s highlight comes from a book from the collection Inova which aims to promote knowledge about development and sustainability. The book ‘Intellectual Property and Innovation in Industry’, published by the Federation of Industries of Paraná...
Now, it is the time of football or to follow it under an IP perspective! Most of the headlines in Brazil have been addressing the preparation of the national team in South Africa and the...
One of the topics touched on in "Intellectual Property - Argentina: IP rights and new technologies", the most recent contribution to International Law Office by Carlos O Mitelman and Daniel R Zuccherino (Obligado & Cia),...
This week, the magazine ‘Del Campo’ – El mercurio, bring us the news that the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) (the Agricultural Research Institute) of Chile patented two varieties of the native Chilean plant named...
Carlos Atiles nos trae esta noticia de Republica Dominicana publicada en El Nacional: en un reciente encuentro organizado por la ONAPI, el señor Onyeama (director general de Cooperación para el Sector Desarrollo de la OMPI)...
The Code of Criminal Procedure, the Penal Code, the Intellectual Property Act, and many others grant exclusive rights to the owners of IP rights as well as provide for the punishment for the violation/infringement of...
Un tema que desde el IP Tango hemos estado siguiendo (aquí, aquí, aquí) es la controversia por el Chile Habanero, la cual ha llegado a su fin.Se ha publicado en el Diario Oficial de...
Thanks to Xavier Seuba for making the blog aware of a short note which appeared in IPR Helpdesk titled: The IP chapter of the new Treaty between the European Union, Colombia and Peru from the...
Last week, the Coalition for Legal Access to Culture (a body that represents artistic and cultural industries such as the Society of Authors and Composers, the Association of Phonogram Producer and the General Society of...
Brazilian newspapers and websites published a few days ago what will be the Logo of the World Cup 2014. According to those paper and sites, the logo was chosen after examining six other logos. The...
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