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¡Bienvenidos a nuestro blog de Derecho y Práctica de la Propiedad Intelectual en Latinoamérica!
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Thursday, 28 February 2013

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Chile: INAPI abre Consulta Pública para Directrices de Patentes

El Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial de Chile (INAPI) dio hoy inicio formal al proceso de Consulta Pública para sus Directrices de Examen de Patentes, documento que reúne, por primera vez, los criterios técnicos...

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Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Patricia Covarrubia

FTA Korea and Colombia: a success for DOs in coffee is expected

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Last week, we finally witness the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Korea and Colombia. Negotiations finished last year in June, and this month the Agreement was signed. It now goes for approval:...

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Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

IMPI y OMPI firman MoU relacionado con el Sistema de Madrid

Luego del ingreso de México al Sistema de Madrid, ha comenzado a  desarrollar acciones para su puesta en marcha, como la suscripción de un Memorándum de Entendimiento (MoU) entre el IMPI y la Organización Mundial...

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Patricia Covarrubia

IP is a common interest among BRIC countries

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Last week the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) received leaders from the Chinese patent office (SIPO) and thus, consolidating a partnership which "can trace an outline of common interests among the BRIC countries"...

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Monday, 25 February 2013

Patricia Covarrubia

Brazil: how to protect well-known marks

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On February 19th the Brazilian Third Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has unanimously decided to deny the appeal sought by the company holding the trade mark ‘ABSOLUT’. The company was trying to...

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Thursday, 21 February 2013

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

Colombia – Sello de Denominación de Origen Protegida

Hace unos días el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo realizó el lanzamiento oficial del Sello de Denominación de Origen Protegida, un distintivo que garantiza la calidad y originalidad de los productos colombianos y...

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Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Brasil y Perú disputan dominio <.amazon> a ® Amazon

Los gobiernos del Perú y Brasil se encuentran trabados en un litigio contra Amazon, para impedir que la empresa de comercio electrónico registre a su favor el dominio <.amazon>. Ambos países -que conjunto  abarcan...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Brazil: no patent extension for medicines

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The Fourth Chamber of the STJ unanimously upheld the appeal brought by the Brazilian Insituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) regarding the dismissal to extend three pharmaceutical patents. While this decision appears to have taken...

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Monday, 18 February 2013

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

México – Entrada en vigor del Sistema de Madrid

  Mañana 19 de febrero de 2013 es el día señalado para que entre en vigor el Protocolo concerniente al Arreglo de Madrid en México.   Como os informamos hace algunos meses, México se...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Colombia: round up cases in the world of trade marks

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The Colombian newspaper ‘La Republica’ is full of goodies lately! Over the weekend I read three trade marks applications that were denied. The cases all were decided in first instance by the Superintendence of Industry...

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Thursday, 14 February 2013

Patricia Covarrubia

Paraguay: a week of 'modification' for soybeans

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Last Monday, 11th February, the Paraguayan’s Agriculture Ministry informed that authorization has been given to Monsanto's Intacta RR2 Pro genetically modified (GM) soybeans. The product is the second generation of its previous product Roundup Ready...

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Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr

Nueva Indicación Geográfica de producto marino chileno

El pasado 30 de enero se hizo entrega en Chile de la resolución que concede la Indicación Geográfica (I.G.) al Cangrejo Dorado de Juan Fernández.  Esta Indicación Geográfica corresponde a la tercera concedida para...

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Patricia Covarrubia

Argentina: online movies...file sharing?

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We read on an Argentinian newspaper that a Federal Court in Buenos Aires has ruled that Cuevana, an online movies platform, had been under judicial investigation after it received several claims for trade marks...

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Monday, 11 February 2013

Patricia Covarrubia

Brazil: A blue cheese joins the carnival

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The Brazilian Journal of Industrial Property issued by the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) has published, on February the 5th, the acceptance as a Geographical Indication (GI) in the form of Denomination of...

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Friday, 8 February 2013

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)

La marca “iPhone” y sus problemas en Latinoamérica

Aunado al caso que ya perdió en México hace unos meses, Apple se encuentra con otro problema para usar su marca “iPhone”, ahora en Brasil. El problema radica en que una empresa brasileña, Gradiente...

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