En 2009 un “troll” provocó que la justicia brasilera condenara al bloguero Emilio Moreno a pagar más 8 mil dólares por un post anónimo calificado de ofensivo por el tribunal, dirigido en contra de una...
On August 27, 2010 the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) made public in its Portal (www.inpi.gov.br/noticias)the decision rendered by the 1st. Specialized Section of the Federal Court of Appeal of the 2nd Region on...
On August 24, 2010, the Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industriale (INPI) granted the first Denomination of Origin to a Brazilian product.As it was mentioned on an early post, Brazil recognises Geographical Indication in two...
How are databases protected in Argentina? One basic tool for obtaining protection is the unfair competition legal regime, which seeks to prevent parasitic conduct that takes advantage of the efforts of others. Since the taking...
The Instituto Peruano de Defensa de la Competencia y de Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI) has announced that next Friday (August 27) will grant Denomination of origin to Cafe Villa Rica. It adds that...
Given the length of its Atlantic seaboard, "No Safe Harbors in Argentina" might sound a surprising title for this piece for the New York Times, but Vinod Sreeharsha's article is about a rather different sort...
A Brazilian Superior Court of Justice has held that the marketing of counterfeit merchandise does not necessarily cause damage to an image.Grêmio Football Porto Alegrens, a football club, brought a case against Beneduzi Jachetti, a...
On Monday, August 16, 2010 the producers of the Vale dos Vinhedos (Valley of the Vineyards) entered an application to the Brazil Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) to register the region as a Denomination...
En pasados días un importante diario colombiano informó que la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC), en recientes decisiones, ha sentado criterios unánimes en cuanto al alcance del artículo séptimo de la Convención General Interamericana...
Back on November 2009, this blog reported the debate over the final draft of the Communications Bill delivered to the National Assembly by the legislative committee responsible for its production. The Law project aroused the...
Brazil already has agreements and negotiations with 25 African countries. Areas that are covered are for instance: economics, agriculture, sport and health. Therefore, we can say that Afro-Brazilian relations have usually been secure.With this opening...
Today I write with disappointment and despair. The reason? To obtain IP information in Latin American countries is an extremely difficult task. The information is not just out there and I have to juggle between...
Los productores de café de altura de Panamá solicitarán la denominación de origen para la protección de su café. Con ello obtendrán una certificación oficial de la calidad del café que les permita comercializar mejor...
CAFÉ DE COLOMBIA, fue el primer producto de éste país declarado como denominación de origen en el año 2005, de conformidad con la Decisión 486 de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones, y posteriormente pasó a ser el primer producto no europeo en obtener el reconocimiento de indicación geográfica en la Unión Europea.
Como continuación a las entradas publicadas el pasado 15 de julio y el 4 de agosto, hemos tenido conocimiento de que la lucha por la neutralidad en la red, una campaña emprendida desde el año...
AcademiaThe Federal University of Sergipe has structured a laboratory for the development and research of intellectual property. The goal is to train students in the areas of technological forecasting, innovative entrepreneurship and business intelligence. The...
The European Patent Office rejected a request by the French multinational company Naturex to patent an alcoholic extract of maca, used in the treatment or prevention of sexual dysfunction and enhancing fertility.Also, in 2000, Pure...
La fabricación como piñata de diversos personajes de ficción, como Buzz Lightyear, El Hombre Araña o Batman, hace que estos personajes estén metidos en líos en México.Las imágenes de estos personajes se cuentan entre...
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Juan Angel Garza Vite nos informa que la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) a ganado ante el Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación de la OMPI un caso más decybersquatting que versa sobre el nombre...
It is recognized that the weakest matter of the Brazilian IP System is the enforcement. Brazil’s bad reputation in enforcing IP rights comes from the judges’ lack of knowledge on patents and trademarks and the...
According to a new Resolution published on July 20 in the Chilean Official Journal, from September 1st 2010 the registration of trade marks will be made only based on the International Classification of Goods and...
A team in Costa Rica is currently working on adapting the Creative Commons licences to Costa Rican copyright law. The team has now reached the public discussion phase, in which they ask for comments and...
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