Few days back we brought you the news that INPI was debating with other sectors (pharmaceutical, non-profit organisations, education, among others) the criteria of patentability in the field of medicines.Today, the INPI web page published...
The new system recently put forward by the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedad Industrial (INPI) which allows monitoring proceedings via e-mail has reached 12000 entries in only a week (earlier post here). According to the...
The company MAPA GMBH GUMMI UND PLASTIKWERKE requested the registration of the word mark ‘Billy Boy’ and a picture mark (stylized phallic shape) to the Argentina National Register of Industrial Property (INPI). The mark was...
SOMEXFON nos informa que el IMPI ha realizado diversas visitas de inspección para verificar las autorizaciones correspondientes a la “música grabada” ejecutada comercialmente. El objetivo que persigue el IMPI con dichas visitas es verificar que...
The public consultation for the reform of the Copyright Act will be open until August the 31st. The initial period of 45 days will end on July 28 and this was extended to expand the...
On the 23th of July, the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) opened a debate regarding the criteria of patentability in the field of medicines. The meeting was attended by ALANAC (National Association of...
On July 16th, the Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) of Brazil launched the system Push-INPI. This system also employed in various Brazilian courts, is used to facilitate the monitoring of processes. Users will utilize...
Since 2000, the International Free Software Forum (FISL) gives participants a political discussion, social and technical advice on free software. The official opening of the 11th International Free Software Forum will run on July 21st...
As announced recently on this blog, Brazil unveiled its Copyright reform proposal. This proposal for the revision of the Copyright Law is running a public consultation and on July 19th the Minister of Culture received...
The international firm Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), a world leading provider of business assurance, after a rigorous evaluation, granted re-certification of Quality System to the National Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual...
Todays headline refers to the slogan that the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) has been using to promote the registration of trade marks. The campaign is directed to small businesses and entrepreneurs and it...
The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) may grant various precautionary measures in trade mark infringement and unfair competition suits. These include the seizure or suspension from circulation of infringing goods. To protect the alleged...
From the Brazil Industrial Property Office (INPI) we take notice of Brazil successfully registering its seventh Geographical Indication (GI). On the 13th of July 2010, the name ‘Pinto Bandeira’ has been officially registered for red,...
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), in 2009 Chile lost $ 315 million for unpaid taxes due to pirated software. A spokesman from Business Software Alliance (BSA) expressed concern on this issue [I wonder...
La Cámara de Diputados Chilena aprobó modificar la ley de Telecomunicaciones introduciendo el término de neutralidad de red a la normativa, siendo el primer país en el mundo que legisla al respecto. El proyecto...
In "Merchants should know the origin of the products they sell", Jorge Otamendi (G Breuer, Buenos Aires) writes for World Trademark Review on Argentina's recent Court of Appeals ruling earlier this year in The Polo/Lauren...
"Chile Breaks New Ground in Regulating IP Liability" is the title of an article by Rodrigo Lavados Mackenzie (Sargent & Krahn) in issue 3 of this year's easy-read WIPO Magazine. This article explains how, in...
Brazil has recently amended its copyright law. The text can be found in Portuguese here. In a recent post, Canadian Professor Michael Geist has underlined the adequacy of the amendment introduced by the Brazilian legislator...
Nos informa Paulina Rius que se acaba de publicar el Decreto por el que se expide la Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares.Dicho decreto reforma los artículos 3, fracciones...
On June 23, three applications of Geographical Indication (GI), in the form of Designation of Origin (DO), were deposited at the Brazil Industrial Property Office (INPI). The three names are: ‘Região Pedra Carijó-Paduana’; ‘Região Pedra...
Desde la Universidad de Nuevo León, Juan Angel Garza Vité nos cuenta que el lunes 28 de junio se publicó en México, en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, el Decreto que reforman los artículos...
La Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) a través de la Subprocuraduría de Investigación Especializada en Delitos Federales en el combate a los delitos de propiedad industrial, derechos de autor y contrabando, llevo a...
On May 14, farmers in the area of D'Agen in France formally requested the Geographical Identification (GI) for Prunes D’Agne in Chile. If the registration succeeds, this will prevent the domestic industry to market the...
Can anyone help? A reader who practises patent law outside Latin America has written to IP Tango with the following question: "We have something called a revalidation patent in Bolivia that is pending and some...
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