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Sunday, 31 May 2015

Brazil: Federal Court decides for cancellation of a trademark without prior opposition at INPI

Patricia Covarrubia May 31, 2015 No comments:

On April 6 2015, the 25th Federal District Court of Rio de Janeiro published a decision where it applied the general principles of civil law in order to accept a request for cancellation of a...

Fame for FUSCA as VW secures "highly renowned" status for its mark in Brazil

Jeremy May 26, 2015 No comments:

Ordinance no. 107/2013 of the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), which came into force on 10 March 2015, contains new provisions for the examination of highly renowned marks, which are accorded "special protection in all fields of activity" under Section 125 of the Brazilian Trademark Law (Law no. 9.279/1996).

INPI has now declared the trade mark FUSCA to be entitled to this special protection, FUSCA being the name by which the Volkswagen "Beetle" is known in Brazil. The evidence consisted of a survey of more than 2,000 people, of whom just over four-fifths had at least heard about that mark and 97% of respondents spontaneously associated the word with automobiles. Around three quarters of those polled said they perceived FUSCA to be a "highly regarded" mark and that it signified "prestige, reputation and reliability".

This declaration should assist Volkswagen in protecting its mark against the depredations of dilution, should it be necessary to go to court.

Source: "Highly Renowned Status Granted to Trademark FUSCA" by Ana Lúcia de Sousa Borda (Dannemann Siemsen Advogados, Rio de Janeiro), verified by Valdir De Oliveira Rocha Filho (Veirano Advogados, Rio de Janeiro), INTA Bulletin, vol,70, no.9

Acusan de plagio a diseñadora francesa por copiar diseño tradicional mexicano

Gilberto Macias (@gmaciasb) May 26, 2015 No comments:

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Chile: lights, camera, action

Patricia Covarrubia May 11, 2015 No comments:

On May 7th the Chamber of Deputies of Chile open a debate regarding an initiative presented by the Executive, which seeks to modify Law 20,243. The draft Bill (bulletin 9889) seeks to modify the...

The incentives of a mark

Patricia Covarrubia May 07, 2015 No comments:

Last week the Peruvian Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI) as part of the ‘Week of Intellectual Property’, celebrated by awarding two collective marks. The Directorate...

Some IPTango moves

* Listed as one of the "Best blogs on Intellectual and Industrial Property Law". The University of Alicante Intellectual Property & Information Technology Project (UAIPIT).

* One of the only two Latin American blog listed in the "Top 100 Intellectual Property Blogs". Feedspot, as of May 2021.

* Listed as one of the "Top 15 Blogs For An Intellectual Property (IP) Enthusiasts". Buzzfeed.com, January 2017.

* Listed as one of the "World's Best IP Blogs". BananaIP.com, December 2015.

* IPTango founder Professor Jeremy Phillips was listed as one of the Managing Intellectual Property magazine's "Fifty Most Influential People" of 2005, 2011, 2013, and 2014.

* Listed as one of the "Influential intellectual property blawgs". A Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law, Peter Groves, 2011.

* Listed as one of the "Communities of Blawgers". Los blogs jurídicos y la web 2.0. para la difusión y la enseñanza del derecho, Gonzalo Ramírez Cleves, 2010.