El 18 de marzo recién pasado se publicó la sentencia de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia de 23 de enero de 2013 en el caso C-011 de 2013 (contiene el texto íntegro de la...
Last week, the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) granted the first Green Patent in the country. The patent in question is for a process: the treatment of solid waste that claims to reduce environmental...
In January we announced the publication of “The Madrid Protocol in Latin America: Is Colombia changing business strategies or acting as a guinea pig?” [EIPR]. Today’s news relates to this issue, since I read in the Brazilian Instituto...
The Brazilian Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) has given an important decision regarding images right. The case in question was a photograph of an athlete who authorized the use of his image without financial reward....
Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has upheld a decision that determined the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) to proceed to the registration of the trade mark Lyon, required by the company 'Calçados Only...
En Argentina, en la causa n° 12453/2002 caratulada "Eli Lilly and Company y otro con IVAX/Argentina S.A.S/cese de uso de patentes", la Sala Civil y Comercial Federal II de la Cámara nacional de Apelaciones...
En Chile Senadores de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores aprobaron la iniciativa legislativa que, entre otras materias, promueve la innovación tecnológica, la transferencia y difusión de tecnología en beneficio recíproco de productores y usuarios...
Last week the Representatives of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) met to discuss the creation of the mark ‘Lusófona’. This is a proposed system that aims to simplify and modernize the registration of...
Entre el 16 y 20 de marzo en la Habana, Cuba (Hotel Meliá Cohiba), tendrá lugar el Seminario de Propiedad Intelectual de ASIPI 2013. El evento cuenta con un nutrido programa tanto acádemico como social y está...
Hoy es el lanzamiento desde las instalaciones de la Cámara de Comercio de Medellín, de la Oficina Virtual de Propiedad Industrial de la SIC colombiana. Para el evento se cuenta con la presencia del...
Last week, we read in the Colombian newspaper Portafolio that the Council of State (highest court of administrative litigation and the government’s advisory body) ended a dispute between an entrepreneur and the Superintendence of Industry...
The city of Medellin, Colombia, has been voted the ‘most innovative city’ which take place in the ‘city of the year’ contest. The panel jury included Citi Group executives, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and...
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