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¡Bienvenidos a nuestro blog de Derecho y Práctica de la Propiedad Intelectual en Latinoamérica!
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Venezuela: Científicos recurren contra Ley de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación

Investigadores de varias universidades de Venezuela presentaron ante la Sala Constitucional del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia una solicitud de nulidad por inconstitucionalidad de la reforma de la Ley Orgánica de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, con...

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Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

México: Firma de Convenio IMPI-COFEMER

Con la finalidad de representar, regular y promover los intereses del sector productivo en México y adoptar medidas que fomenten su desarrollo para lograr una mayor competitividad de la industria y del país, el 23...

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Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Cuarto Newsletter del INAPI de Chile

Se encuentra disponible para ser descargado el cuarto Boletín informativo del Instituto nacional de Propiedad Industrial de Chile Inapi, correspodiente a Julio de 2011. El tema de portada de este cuarto número es la consulta...

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Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

e-marks: preparing for the Madrid Protocol?

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Rio de Janeiro, during the XXXI Congress of the International Intellectual Property, organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), INPI presented the new e-marks in version 2.0. The system should be available to the...

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Monday, 29 August 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

The Emerging Landscape of Indigenous Rights

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The University of Buckingham, UK, will be holding a conference on 5 October. This is sponsored by the Centre for Multi-Cultural Studies in Law and the Family, and is a roundtable conference on Indigenous...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Protection of traditional knowledge - share and protect

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Lima, will be the place to be if you want to discuss and analyze the protection of traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples. Representatives from 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation (APEC) will meet on...

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Friday, 26 August 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Brazil: a celebration of taste

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Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) has received another application for a Geographical Indication (IG). On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, INPI received an application that corresponded to ‘biscoitos de São Tiago’, a traditional biscuits...

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Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Price mechanism or pipeline mechanism?

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On 16 August 2011, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) held unanimously against the extension of the patent related to Actos(pioglitazone), a drug used to combat type 2 diabetes. This is another victory for...

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Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Chile: Proyecto de ley estandariza tramitación de solicitudes de marcas y patentes

No sólo cuestiones relacionadas con el movimiento estudiantil tienen ocupado al Congreso chileno. El Jueves 11 de agosto fue ingresado en la Cámara de Diputados (cámara baja del sistema bicameral chileno que comprende también un...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Brazil and the antidepressant market : changing the mood

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The vice-president of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Minister Felix Fischer, restored the power of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to grant registration of generic medicines and the like, based on the active...

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Monday, 22 August 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Counterfeit Medicines – Enforcement and Intelligence

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Last Friday, 19/08/2011, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) published in the Official Gazette, the ban on the import and use in the country of Levitra 20 mg (a medicine used in the treatment...

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Aurelio Lopez-Tarruella Martinez

Guadalajara (Mexico), 29-30 September 2011: Latest Trends on GIs

Our colleagues from orGIn (Organisation for a Geographical Indication Network) have sent IP Tango quite interesting information concerning the International Conference that will be held in Guadalajara (Mexico) on 29-30 September 2011 about the "Lastest...

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Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

México: Procedimiento Acelerado de Patentes

Desde marzo de 20011, el Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) se ha integrado a la nueva tendencia internacional y ha puesto en marcha el Procedimiento Acelerado de Patentes (PPH - Patent Prosecution...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Google is an uncontrollable monster!

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Brazil, 15 August, Google Brazil Internet Ltda. brought an appeal to the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) for having been obliged by a lower court to remove offensive content placed in Orkut - a...

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Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Litigio por marca Arroz Gandhi en Ecuador

En Ecuador (IEPI) está teniendo lugar un litigio por el registro de la marca “Arroz Gandhi”, que tiene enfrascados en una disputa a un abogado de la India (Lalit Bashin) y al solicitante del...

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Friday, 12 August 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

ONAPI y OMPI realizan programa de formación en República Dominicana

La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) y la Oficina Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial de República Dominicana (ONAPI) iniciaron el "Programa de Formación para formadores en la Gestión Efectiva de los Activos de...

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Thursday, 11 August 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

's' is the letter: shrimp and sweets from Brazil

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The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedad Industriale (INPI) has granted two geographical indications (GI) – published last Tuesday 9th of August. The first one is camarões da Costa Negra (Black Coast shrimp) cultivated in artificial...

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Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Aurelio Lopez-Tarruella Martinez

IPR Chapters in FTAs Costa Rica - China and Peru-Korea

On August 1st, two new Free Trade Agreements entered into force: Costa Rica-China and Peru-Korea. Following the trend in recent bilateral agreements around the world, both FTAs include Chapters on Intellectual Property. While they do...

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Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Chulucanas reconocida en Chile como primera Denominación de Origen extranjera

Hoy martes 2 de agosto de 2011 el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial de Chile (Inapi) dictó la resolución administrativa por la cual concede registro para la clase 21 del nomenclátor de Niza a la...

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