El pasado miércoles 21 de diciembre de 2011, el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial (INPI) de Argentina notificó la Disposición No. M-1795/11, por medio de la cual modificó la práctica relativa al cómputo del...
In the midst of several court cases for copyright infringement, the video streaming site Cuevano has been made inaccessible by Internet Service providers. Early this month we posted some news related to two different lawsuits...
During 2011, the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) report that there have been 30,617 applications for patents, against 28,052 requested in 2010. For trade marks there have been 143,435 requests (up to December...
This week the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedad Industrial (INPI) announced the approval of two geographical indications: Queijo of Canastra (cheese) and calçados de Franca (footwear), both of them to be registered in the form...
The Colombian Constitutional Court in a landmark case regarding copyright has held that artists in Colombia are not required to belong to an association in order to collect royalties. The case refers to the called...
By Decree 189/2011, published on 13th December, 2011 the Argentinean government created the National Register of Domain Names on the Internet. The National Register will be under the competence of the Legal and Technical Secretariat...
El 5 mayo de 2011 se presentó ante el INAPI de Chile la primera solicitud para el registro de una Indicación Geográfica de un producto marino, para la clase 31 del nomeclátor. Siete meses después...
La multinacional Diageo, propietaria de la marca de whisky escocés "Johnnie Walker" impetró una solicitud de nulidad del registro de la marca brasilera de cachaza "João Andante" ante el INPI brasilero. El signo distintivo...
En Ecuador está teniendo lugar un interesante asunto relacionado con signos distintivos y política. El gobierno ecuatoriano ha solicitado ante el IEPI el registro como marca de las expresiones "30S", "30-S" y "Prohibido olvidar". Estas...
EMI Music, the renowned music industry, will have to compensate Joao Gilberto, a Bossanova icon due to remastering (electronic process whereby there is an improvement of sound to a previously existing recording) discs without permission....
My e-mail inbox revealed two invitations and I am happy to share these. INTA The International Trademark Association (INTA) will host its Third Annual Trademark Scholarship Symposium in Washington DC on May 7, 2012. Abstract...
"Andes" no es sólo el nombre del cordón montañoso que divide Chile y Argentina. También es el signo distintivo de dos cervezas, una de origen chileno y otra argentina. La cuestión es que la filial chilena...
En entradas anteriores comentamos en el blog dos sentencias interesantes: la primera vinculada con el derecho de autor y derecho a la intimidad, relacionada con Gabriel García Márquez y un personaje de "Cien Años de...
Cuevana.tv, the popular Argentine site (12 million monthly users)and also one of Latin America's most popular online video streaming site that offers movies, series and audiovisual content, continues to accumulate reasons to shut it down...
The Patent Board (DIRPA) and the Department of Contracts, Records and Geographical Indications (DICIG) reported last week that they are going to adopt a new code for numbering of applications for patents (for inventions and...
This month the National Council to Combat Piracy and Crimes against Intellectual Property (CNCP) has reported that the last past 6 years, the value of seizures of counterfeit and smuggled products has tripled. In 2011,...
El 5 de diciembre recién pasado tuvo lugar la inauguración de la Primera Exposición de Denominaciones de Origen, realizada en las instalaciones centrales de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación de...
The Inspección de Personas Jurídicas, the authority in charge of approving the incorporation of legal entities in Argentina, was asked by Farmacia Ahorro SA, to approve the incorporation of a sociedad anónima under its name. Energia y...
The Argentinean Division II of the National Chamber for Federal Civil and Commercial upheld the ruling made in a lawsuit where the trade mark ‘las leonas’ was opposed to.The party involved in the case was...
The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) taking its duties very seriously – that of safeguarding the legitimate interests of Intellectual property rights’ owners, has closed down to commercial establishments that were apparently infringing IPRs.The...
Un reciente fallo de casación en el fondo de la Corte Suprema de Chile ha resuelto un asunto de gran interés teórico y práctico relacionado con el rechazo de una solicitud de patente de...
The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedad Industrial (INPI) received on Monday 28th of November, another application for Geographical Indication, this time for ‘Melon of Rio Grande do Norte’ located in the region of Mossoró. INPI...
Radio Angulo from Cuba reports that the Habana is holding this week - November 28 to December 3, at the Havana’s Center of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (CIGB), the International Conference on Biotechnology where main...
En Colombia el Tribunal Superior de Barranquilla le dio la razón al escritor Gabriel García Márquez (Premio Nobel de Literatura, 1982) en una disputa sobre derecho a la intimidad, uso de la propia imagen y derecho de autor,...
The last couple of days members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage - UNESCO, has been discussing in Bali, Indonesia, some items to be admitted on the Representative list of the...
Sobre el proyecto PROSUR hay variadas opiniones. Considerando que para el 30 de Noviembre está fijada la próxima reunión en Ecuador, es oportuno transmitir el contenido de los antecedentes oficiales del proyecto que están disponibles...
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