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Friday, 29 June 2012

Peru speeds up

Patricia Covarrubia June 29, 2012 1 comment:

The Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) announced a new service called ‘Patente Rapida’ ("Speedy Patent") which, as the name implies, gives national inventors the opportunity to obtain...

Se adopta en Beijing el Tratado de la OMPI sobre Interpretaciones y Ejecuciones Audiovisuales

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr June 28, 2012 No comments:

El 26 de junio recién pasado concluyó con éxito en Beijing (China) la conferencia diplomática convocada para finalizar un nuevo tratado sobre las interpretaciones y ejecuciones audiovisuales (Full Text) tras la firma por los negociadores de los...

Argentina: Nuevo banco de patentes en dominio público

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr June 28, 2012 No comments:

Semana de cambios y nuevos servicios en América. En Argentina la ministra de industria, Débora Giorgi, informó del nuevo servicio del Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Intelectual (INPI) de disponibilidad de bancos de patentes...

México: anuncian que antes de 2013 se podrán registrar marcas vía Internet

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr June 28, 2012 No comments:

Antes de que concluya este año, el Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) lanzará como nuevo servicio el registro de marcas online, como un trámite alternativo y opcional para las empresas. Durante una reunión...

INAPI de Chile se cambia de casa y prorroga plazos

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr June 27, 2012 No comments:

Desde el próximo martes 3 de julio los emprendedores e innovadores residentes en Santiago de Chile y que desean utilizar los servicios y herramientas de propiedad industrial podrán hacerlo en las nuevas dependencias del...

Las 50 Marcas Latinoamericanas Más Valiosas

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb) June 27, 2012 No comments:

Se ha publicado el reporte regional elaborado por primera vez por Millward Brown sobre las 50 marcas Latinoamericanas más valiosas. En el ranking figuran 14 firmas mexicanas y 14 brasileñas, lo que coloca a ambos países...

Mexico boosts DPE protection

Jeremy June 22, 2012 No comments:

On 19 June 2012, COFEPRIS (the agency in charge to grant marketing authorizations in Mexico) published on its website an internal decree providing guidelines to observe and protect data packaging exclusivity for (DPE) for...

A date to remember with a big machine

Patricia Covarrubia June 21, 2012 No comments:

The Peruvian Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) is trying to foster a culture of respect to copyright and thus, encouraging greater incentives for the development of cultural industries....

Fancy a job in Rio?

Patricia Covarrubia June 21, 2012 No comments:

The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) reports that the Ministry of Planning has authorised to offer 250 vacancies at the INPI in Rio de Janeiro. The responsibility for making the offer will...

Panama boosts its international IP commitments

Jeremy June 20, 2012 No comments:

7 September 2012 is an important day for intellectual property rights in Panama. On that date, the Republic's commitment to three international instruments take effect. The details can be found in the following World...

Rio +20: Innovation for Sustainable Development

Patricia Covarrubia June 19, 2012 No comments:

Brazilian Institute Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) is playing its role in Rio+20 in the fight against global climate change. Its contribution this time is the project regarding green patents which consist on accelerating the...

Is it really happening? A Regional Trade Mark is on its way for Prosur

Patricia Covarrubia June 14, 2012 No comments:

Last week during the event LES Pan-European Conference 2012 in Rome, there were some talks and memorandum of understandings (MoU) established – this time the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) and the...

Welcome to the 30's -- craft tradition and beyond

Patricia Covarrubia June 14, 2012 No comments:

‘Renaissance lace’ is the latest product to apply for Geographical indication (GI). Producers of the lace in the region of Cariri Paraiba submitted an application to the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) requesting...

Solicitan en Chile Indicación Geográfica Cangrejo Dorado de Juan Fernández

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr June 12, 2012 No comments:

En lo que parece ser una tendencia sin vuelta atrás, se ha presentado una nueva solicitud de Indicación de Procedencia en Chile. Se trata esta vez de la segunda solicitud de registro como Indicación...

Sistemas de protección de los recursos genéticos y los conocimientos tradicionales

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr June 09, 2012 No comments:

En el Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (Indecopi) de Perú se reunieron representantes de 14 países de América Latina para intercambiar experiencias en la...

Madrid Protocol: Colombia is ready!

Patricia Covarrubia June 08, 2012 No comments:

Following last week post that the Madrid Protocol will be effective for Colombia on 29 August 2012, we now received the news that the Colombia Constitutional Court declared the constitutionality of the Madrid Protocol (sentence...

Chile y Colombia firman un MoU en materia de Propiedad Industrial

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr June 07, 2012 No comments:

El Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial (INAPI) de Chile y la Superintencia de Industria y Comercio de Colombia (SIC) firmaron un memorándum de entendimiento [conocido como MoU en su sigla inglesa] en materias de...

Bee-happy!

Patricia Covarrubia June 04, 2012 No comments:

Last year we reported here that the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) received an application for a geographical indication (GI) called Manguezais de Alagoas for propolis. That say, bee-happy! INPI has granted the...

Some IPTango moves

* Listed as one of the "Best blogs on Intellectual and Industrial Property Law". The University of Alicante Intellectual Property & Information Technology Project (UAIPIT).

* One of the only two Latin American blog listed in the "Top 100 Intellectual Property Blogs". Feedspot, as of May 2021.

* Listed as one of the "Top 15 Blogs For An Intellectual Property (IP) Enthusiasts". Buzzfeed.com, January 2017.

* Listed as one of the "World's Best IP Blogs". BananaIP.com, December 2015.

* IPTango founder Professor Jeremy Phillips was listed as one of the Managing Intellectual Property magazine's "Fifty Most Influential People" of 2005, 2011, 2013, and 2014.

* Listed as one of the "Influential intellectual property blawgs". A Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law, Peter Groves, 2011.

* Listed as one of the "Communities of Blawgers". Los blogs jurídicos y la web 2.0. para la difusión y la enseñanza del derecho, Gonzalo Ramírez Cleves, 2010.