Brazil: Another GI for a regional product.

Brazil: Another GI for a regional product.

Patricia Covarrubia   October 28, 2013   No comments:

In the month of October, the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) granted a Geographical Indication (GI) in the form of Indicação de Procedência. The Associação dos Produtores Artesanais de Cachaça, in the Salinas...

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Brazil: will patent terms be changed before the proposed amendment to the law gets the green light?

Brazil: will patent terms be changed before the proposed amendment to the law gets the green light?

Patricia Covarrubia   October 21, 2013   No comments:

The Brazilian INPI’s Procuradoria submitted 34 actions in the Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro  to correct the validity of 247 agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals patents. The action concerns the validity of the patents in the...

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Brazil ponders patent reform

Brazil ponders patent reform

Jeremy   October 18, 2013   No comments:

In case you think that Brazil's only interest in intellectual property rights is that which pertains to geographical indications (on which see Patricia's recent posts here, here and here), here's some evidence that this vast and...

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Brazil is lacing up

Brazil is lacing up

Patricia Covarrubia   October 18, 2013   No comments:

The Brazilian Journal of Industrial property published on 24th September (No 2229) brings the news that the Instituto nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) had granted a GI certificate to ‘Renda do Cariri Paraibano’ produced by...

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Chile: Solicitan Denominaciones de Origen de productos manufacturados de Doñihue y Quinchamalí

Chile: Solicitan Denominaciones de Origen de productos manufacturados de Doñihue y Quinchamalí

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr   October 16, 2013   No comments:

El martes 15 de octubre se presentaron ante el Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial de Chile (INAPI), las solicitudes para el reconocimiento como Denominación de Origen  de dos productos manufacturados:  los chamantos y mantas...

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El Salvador - Tras 14 años fallan a favor de Perú contra Chile por el Pisco

El Salvador - Tras 14 años fallan a favor de Perú contra Chile por el Pisco

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)   October 11, 2013   No comments:

La Sala de lo Contencioso Administrativo de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (SCA) falló a favor de la República del Perú en el litigio contra Chile por la denominación de origen del Pisco. Finalmente...

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INAPI encabeza reunión del Medicines Patent Pool para mejorar acceso a medicamentos para el VIH

INAPI encabeza reunión del Medicines Patent Pool para mejorar acceso a medicamentos para el VIH

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr   October 02, 2013   No comments:

El Medicines Patent Pool es una organización respaldada por Naciones Unidas que ofrece un modelo de negocio enfocado a la salud pública y tiene como objetivo reducir los precios de los medicamentos para el...

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The race for national GIs has started

The race for national GIs has started

Patricia Covarrubia   October 02, 2013   No comments:

Monday this week, the iptango blog posted the new Normative Instruction (IN) No 25/2013 regarding the conditions for the registration of Geographical Indications (GI) in Brazil. At the end of the post I mentioned...

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Corona (Mexico) - Top Most Valuable Latin American Brands of 2013

Corona (Mexico) - Top Most Valuable Latin American Brands of 2013

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb)   October 01, 2013   No comments:

Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA is no longer Latin America’s most valuable brand. Instead, Mexico’s popular Corona beer has been crowned as the top name in the list of brands to watch, according to the...

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