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Friday, 25 February 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Pipeline system: extending solution is not the same as extending patent validity

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A Regional Court in Rio de Janeiro declined to extend the validity of two patents relating to drugs Aprovel (used to lower the blood pressure -- hypertension), and Geodon (used to treat schizophrenia and the...

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Thursday, 24 February 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Chile: Recepción de comentarios sobre nuevo formulario único de marcas

Desde el 21 de febrero hasta el 7 de marzo el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial de Chile (INAPI) recibirá comentarios y opiniones sobre la nueva propuesta de formulario único de marcas, actualmente en fase...

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Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Jeremy

Ecuador's ex officio anti-piracy enforcement hits constitutional snag

A combination of inertia on the part of rights owners and ease of infringement has seen a massive surge in the amount of infringement of copyright in recorded music and videos.  While iit is open...

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Aurelio Lopez-Tarruella Martinez

México: quieren genéricos 180 días de exclusividad

Según informa Juan Ángel Garza Vite desde la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) y desde Vite, Toxqui & Castro, S.C. (VTC), la Asociación Mexicana de Fabricantes de Genéricos Intercambiables (AMEGI), presentará próximamente una propuesta...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Chile: he is coming, he is coming! -- President Obama's visit

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The Chilean newspaper El Mercurio approaches today President Barack Obama’s visit to Chile (in a month time). It refers to the tight agenda and two of the main topics that are to be discussed, namely...

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Monday, 21 February 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Chile: Boletín informativo de Propiedad Industrial del INAPI

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Friday, 18 February 2011

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

México: Audiencia pública sobre el ACTA

El día de ayer se celebró la primera audiencia pública sobre el ACTA, la cual tuvo una duración de más de 2 horas.En dicha reunión participaron más de una veintena de personas de diferentes sociedades,...

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Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

México refuerza temas de agro y pesca ante la OMPI y OMC

La Secretaría de agricultura, ganadería, desarrollo rural, pesca y alimentación de México (SAGARPA), a través de su titular, Francisco Mayorga, está realizando contactos con la OMPI y la OMC para avanzar en cuestiones de interés...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Ethanol: a competitive market for Brazil

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Researchers from the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade da Industrial (INPI) carried out a study on the ethanol production chain. According to their study “Bioethanol from sugar cane”, Ethanol is one of the Brazilian assets...

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Monday, 14 February 2011

Natalia Franco Onofre

ARGENTINA: Resolución P-399 de la Oficina de Patentes.

El Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial de Argentina (INPI) expidió la Resolución No. P-339 de 29 de diciembre de 2010, referida al intercambio del orden cronológico del estudio de patentes.Esta Resolución, que es una...

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Sunday, 13 February 2011

Jeremy

Pharma patents in Mexico: an assessment of the current position

A review of the current state of Mexico's patent law, following the decree of 18 June 2010, assesses this major change in the Industrial Property Law 1994. It covers (i) amendments to the definition of 'industrial applicability';...

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Friday, 11 February 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

To extend or not to extend--the question that the Brazilian STJ has answered several times.

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The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedad Intelectual (INPI) informs that the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) denied on February 8, 2011, extending the period of two patents relating to drugs Sifrol (used to fight...

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Thursday, 10 February 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

United States to refresh two Latin America FTAs

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President Obama has instructed Ron Kirk (United States Trade Representative) to step up with Colombia and Panama as to resolve any outstanding issue. The goal is to approve both FTA: the US with Colombia and...

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Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

OMPI . Solicitudes de Patentes en 2010

Según informa la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Industrial (OMPI), el número de solicitudes internacionales de patente solicitudes internacionales de patente presentadas con arreglo al Tratado de Cooperación en materia de Patentes (PCT) aumentó un...

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Wednesday, 9 February 2011

José Carlos Vaz e Dias

Jorge Ávila Kept as President of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office

The national newspaper “O GLOBO” reported today that Mr. Jorge Ávila has been maintained by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce as the President of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO).This information is...

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Aurelio Lopez-Tarruella Martinez

Ecuador: IP rights are Constitutional Rights

Flavio Arosemena (Arosemena Burbano & asociados) and Alfonso Rivera (Tobar y Bustamante) have sent IP Tango information concerning a recent decision by the Tenth Provisional Judge of Criminal Guarantees of Guayaquil (Sorry, this translation sounds...

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Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Juicio marcario entre LAN (Chile) y LAM, en Europa

El 8 de febrero el Tribunal General de la Unión Europea (TGUE) ha confirmado el registro de marca de Air Nostrum (Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo “LAM”) que había sido objeto de oposición por parte...

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Patricia Covarrubia

A, B, C – Y: On Biodiversity Access and Benefit-Sharing

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It has been reported by the IP watch, that four developing countries have already signed a recent international agreement -- The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of...

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Sunday, 6 February 2011

Jeremy

Descriptive use of another's mark is okay, rules Argentine court

Last August, in Expobicentenario SA v Arte Gráfico Editorial Argentino SA (Case 3201/10), the Argentine Court of Appeals denied injunctive relief to prohibit use of the phrase 'Argentina 200 años' ("Argentina 200 years") by the...

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Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

A cheese solution: is this healthy for a FTA?

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From Marques Class 46 blog I read that the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano has submitted in Colombia an application for recognition of its Parmigiano Reggiano as an Appelation of Origin (AO). Colombia being part...

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