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Friday, 28 October 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Media law in Venezuela: If you cannot show (or say) something nice, do NOT broadcast!

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Thanks go to my Venezuelan friends for sending me this news regarding the situation of Globovision, a TV channel from Venezuela.Broadcasting, Media Law and VenezuelaWhile broadcasting organizations are protected all over the world, countries have...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Get me some popcorns please!

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Who doesn’t like a good film? Moreover, who doesn’t like a happy ending especially if it is real life? I am afraid I was stuffing myself with popcorn when this news came because I did...

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Thursday, 27 October 2011

Natalia Franco Onofre

MISUSE OF SPONSORED LINKS UNDER THE BRAZILIAN LAW

Competition for clientele is no longer limited to street corners and avenues. The internet has been a stage to this business rivalry for a long time now and companies are more and more concerned about...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Pharmaceutical market moves serious $

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According to the Ministry of Health, the Brazilian pharmaceutical market moves US$28 billion annually [as you will see this is backed strongly by the sale of generics medicines]. It is noted that since 1999 Brazil...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Brazil has a saying in Adwords

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IPtango has received an article for one of his Brazilian [no tango dancer but a samba dancer] members regarding the sitution of misuse of sponsored links on the Internet – the so-called Adwords.It states the...

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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

Argentina: Más problemas para Taringa

Aunado al procesamiento del que les comentamos hace algunos meses, la Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en los Criminal y Correcional de Argentina ha confirmado en tres causas el procesamiento de los responsables de Taringa. En...

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Monday, 24 October 2011

Jeremy

A meaningful pact -- or just a Mexican wave?

Mexico: the UK's latest partner in reducing the global backlog? The UK government's News Distribution Service has issued a media release today entitled "A landmark agreement to support the growth of UK businesses operating...

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Thursday, 20 October 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

INDECOPI shows the way to support an invention

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Peru celebrates the tenth edition of its "National Invention Contest". There are 119 projects involved in this competition which is promoted by INDECOPI (supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)), in quest of...

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Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Bringing down the baddies!

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A month ago the special brigade that investigates intellectual property crimes in Chile was made aware of some ‘Solingen’ ™ products which were actually counterfeits. The complaint (a criminal action) was filed by Silva &...

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Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Let's tango in Venezuela

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The Venezuelan Intellectual Property Office (SAPI) is inviting to two events:1. ‘Seminar on Intellectual Property Trademarks, Patents and Copyright’ to be held on Thursday October 27, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 pm in the...

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Monday, 17 October 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

INDECOPI is happy to act ex officio - good results for a good cause

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The INDECOPI’s Copyright Commission informs that between 2009 and 2011 has initiated 44investigations against cable companies across the country that appear to transmit television signals without authorization from the copyright owners. From the 44 investigation...

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Thursday, 13 October 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Long distance (and time) affair: the FTA between Colombia and the US

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Finally the wait is over for Colombia. After five years from the signature of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, the United States Congress approved it and now it is expected to...

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Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

INAPI de Chile e IMPI de México realizan talleres sobre Clasificador de Niza

En las ciudades de Iquique, Santiago y Concepción, el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial, INAPI, realiza esta semana talleres itinerantes sobre marcas comerciales centrados en el "Clasificador de Niza" dirigidos a pymes, universidades, estudios jurídicos...

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Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Jeremy

Brazil upholds trade mark applicant's entitlement to relief

In August of this year the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice held that a trade mark applicant is entitled to enforce IP rights against third parties even before the trade mark registration has been granted....

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Friday, 7 October 2011

Patricia Covarrubia

Dealing with data protection: the Habeus Data right

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Yesterday the Colombian Constitutional Court endorsed ‘Habeus Data’ ( ‘ you should have the data’) right to become law. Habeus Data as the term implies, grants individuals with a constitutional right designed “to protect, by...

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Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

AECUPI

Vía Blog Lvcentinvs se ha dado a conocer la realización de las  III Jornadas Internacionales de Propiedad Intelectual, que se celebrarán en Guayaquil (Ecuador) los días 10 y 11 de octubre 2011, organizadas por la...

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Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Iron Maiden declarada marca notoria y famosa en Chile logra nulidad de registro

Con fecha 30 de septiembre de 2011 la Corte Suprema de Chile ha resuelto acoger un recurso de casación en el fondo en contra de la sentencia de segunda instancia del Tribunal de Propiedad Industrial,...

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Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Chile: Primer encuentro internacional de transferencia tecnológica

Ayer fue inaugurado en Santiago de Chile el Primer Encuentro de Transferencia Tecnológica en el cual participan expertos internacionales de países que están a la vanguardia en valorización y comercialización de tecnologías. El evento fue organizado...

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Monday, 3 October 2011

Jeremy

Brazil faces up to Fifa over World Cup 2014 Bill

Fifas's slogan for the 2014 World Cup tournament Just over a week ago, IP Tango reported on the Bill which has been drafted to protect IP rights in the 2014 football World Cup.  The...

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Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

IX Congreso Internacional AAAML: “Marcas Turísticas: puerta para la inversión y la exportación de la identidad local”

Como os informamos hace unas semanas, la AAAML ha organizado un interesante congreso sobre Marcas Turísticas, el cual se celebrará del 13 al 15 de noviembre de 2011 en Cancún. El programa completo puede consultarse aquí. Toda la...

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