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...
INPI’s President in Brazil, Mr Jorge Avila will participate in the 'IP Week and Open Innovation' to be held in Brussels, Belgium, between 6th and 9th December. The event will discuss strategies, trends and challenges...
La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) publicó esta semana en su sitio web una corrección al Informe Mundial sobre Propiedad Intelectual 2011,pues no consideró las adhesiones de Chile y Perú al Tratado de Cooperación en Materia...
SoftwareINPI informs that one of the most important centres of innovation in the country, i.e. Pernambuco, is becoming a focus of intense activity for the INPI. On November 23, 2011, Recife hosted a seminar on...
The Brazilian University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) has applied for the first time for an international patent application – i.e. under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The document was filed on November 4 at the...
Later this year, I have seen a in matters of traditional knowledge. This wording may cover many things: the way perhaps a handcraft is made, maybe an ancestral recipe, or the way to harvest a...
The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Indistrial (INPI) announced the approval of two applications of Geographical Indication (GI): i) handcrafted tin of São João del Rei and ii) wines of the Valley Grape Goethe. From...
Today I bring you the news of the battle of the toucans – reported here. You may remember that the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MAI) received a letter from Kellogg’s lawyers asserting that its logo infringes...
Susana Zabaleta, a Mexican singer and actress, and whose talent has being recognised this year by ‘The Cervantes Festival’ for her 25-year career, has been fined by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) with...
La nueva publicación de la OMPI titulada World Intellectual Property Report 2011- The Changing Face of Innovation– expone cómo, en todo el mundo, la titularidad de los derechos de propiedad intelectual (P.I.) ha pasado a ser...
When you thought that the increase in your gas and electricity bills were the last and final straw that would break the camel's back,let me tell you that it is not so.On Thursday, Nov 10th,...
Karin Klempp, a specialist in commercial contracts and intellectual property, considered at the seminar held on November 9, in Rio de Janeiro, that the tax issue relating to technology transfer should be reconsidered because it...
In Brazil, the Central Bureau of Collection and Distribution (ECAD) is the body that represents musicians and is responsible for collecting their royalties. To this effect, on May ECAD filed its first action in a...
The Brazilian Fourth Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) ruled against an educational institution to pay $ 20,000 in damages to a literature professor in Brasilia, due to improper posting of educational materials...
Back in September INTA met with some representatives of Latin America IP offices –apologies tangueros, I am not reading old newspapers I just received this information in the INTA Bulletin Vol. 66 No. 20.What is...
El Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) está promoviendo regular el uso del nombre de la planta agave con la que se producen las bebidas destiladas tequila, mezcal y bacanora, generando una gran controversia...
Los países menos desarrollados (PMD) han pedido a la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) ampliar la prórroga para aplicar el acuerdo sobre los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio (ADPIC)...
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