Colombia: a toy decision
Back in October 2013 the Colombian company ‘Two of You’ applied for the registration of the mark ‘Toy Two of You’ in class 3 of the Nice Classification (i.e. nail varnish/polish, nail art stickers, perfumes,among...
Thursday, 23 October 2014
INAPI de Chile inicia sus operaciones como ISA/IPEA del PCT
Hace dos años tuvo lugar la designación del INAPI de Chile como ISA/IPEA en el marco del Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). El 22 de octubre mediante un acto público con presencia de autoridades políticas se...
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Starbucks: no 'shared planet' in Colombia
On July this year the American well-known coffee brand Starbucks launched its first store in Colombia. But, before launching its store it applied for the registration of some of its trade marks at the Colombian...
Monday, 20 October 2014
Brazil: Progress and looking ahead -- facilitating online services
The Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propiedade Industrial (INPI) is now facilitating access to online search system of trade marks, patents, industrial designs, and computer programs. It all started last Tuesday, October 14. There is a...
Colombia trade mark registration keeps getting speedier
At the end of September Natalia Franco Onofre posted the good news on IP Tango that trade mark registration in Colombia was now taking place more swiftly, with registration in six months becoming a...
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Mercosur IPR SME Helpdesk
El Mercosur IPR SME Helpdesk ofrece de forma gratuita una primera línea de asistencia en temas relacionados con Propiedad Industrial e Intelectual y derechos de PI con el objetivo de facilitar la expansión de...
Monday, 13 October 2014
Ecuador decriminalises IP crimes -- for the time being
IP Tango learns that, following the adoption of a comprehensive Criminal Code, Ecuador has decriminalised both counterfeiting and the infringement of intellectual property rights. This new law is in conflict with the TRIPS Agreement,...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Colombia: a notorious mark for UNILEVER
The Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) received an application to register the word mark ‘Lavomatic’ in Class 9 of the Nice Classification i.e. digital recording media, cash registers, apparatus and instruments for conducting,...
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Venezuela: encouraging to register trade marks?
The Venezuelan Intellectual Property Office (SAPI) informs in its webpage the ‘good’ news that it has officially computerized the trade mark search for phonetic and graphic signs. I was excited to read the title and...
Monday, 6 October 2014
Colombia announces more legal protection to be given to patent inventors
The Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) as the authority for Industrial Property used to take approx. 63 months (more than 5 years) to grant a patent. Due to this delay, the office...
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
2014 Top 50 Latin American Brands – Cerveza Corona la marca más valiosa
Millward Brown ha hecho público su informe BRANDZ – 2014 Top Latin American Brands, el cual nuevamente es encabezado por la marca mexicana de cerveza ‘Corona’, la cual tiene un valor de 8.025 millones de...
Brazil: Monsanto's change of luck
The Court of Appeal of Rio Grande do Sul (TJ-RS) has decided on Sept 24th that the multinational Monsanto has the right to charge royalties regarding the transgenic soy-bean from Brazilian farmers. The decision, rendered...
