
Monday, 30 September 2013


Brazil: GI announcement.
Over the weekend I read that the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedad Industrial (INPI) published a communication establishing the conditions for the registration of Geographical Indications (GI). The Normative Instruction (IN) No 25/2013 replaces the...
Thursday, 26 September 2013

A book, let it guide you.
NEW 6TH EDITION Guidebook to Intellectual Property By Sir Robin Jacob, Daniel Alexander QC and Matthew Fisher This is a unique book about Intellectual Property. It is aimed not only at law students studying...
Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Nice to hear...
I am still trying to catch up with my backlog of e-mails and bulletins...and I just noticed that autumn is here and I have not even started most of my ‘summer to- do list’!..yet...

Brazil: collective marks
This month, the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) granted a collective mark to the Associação dos Agricultores Familiares Produtores de Morango de Nova Friburgo (Amorango) – (Association of Family Farmers of Strawberry...
Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal promotes two in Argentina
From Phil Cox, Global Law Marketing Director, we received news that Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal promotes two to partner in core practice areas. On August 1 2013, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal promoted two senior...
Friday, 6 September 2013

Colombia – La marca ‘Juan Valdez’ declarada marca notoria
La Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) declaró recientemente a la marca de café colombiana ‘Juan Valdez' como marca notoria, confiriendo y prorrogando el status especial de dicha marca en el mercado colombiano. Mediante...