Graffiti work - more than creativiy
Copyright Beyond Law - Regulating Creativity in the Graffiti Subculture is the title of a new IP book ready for your Christmas Stockings. The title should be interpreted as “it is what it says on...
Monday, 21 November 2016
Panama got some news for us: pushing to the top!
This month I received some fresh news from Panama. This is quite unusual for this blog – just by doing a little search in our database this fact is revealed. Is something happening in Panama?...
Friday, 18 November 2016
GIs: learning the bare concept and its understanding
The Asociación Interamericana de Propiedad Intelectual ((Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property) (ASIPI) has partnered with oriGIn (Organisation for an International Geographical Indications Network) to increase cooperation on Geographical Indications (GIs). And while this news may be...
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Calling IP publishers and Editors
Our colleagues from the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP) announced on its blog 'the' IP Publishers and Editors Lunch 2016. The invitation is open to everyone who is involved in writing,...
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Trending in Latin America #shareknowledge
This month we hear some news from the Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, Gilberto Kassab, and the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal, Manuel Heitor, who are negotiating a...
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Ecuador: encouraging IP registration by local applicants
Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute has reduced the fees for some of its services. According to Resolution 001-2016-CD-IEPI fees to file and maintain a patent have decreased by approx. 90%. The said resolution reforms the previous...
Saturday, 5 November 2016
Stop the press: job vacancy in Peru
Ann Chaitovitz, is the USPTO intellectual property (IP) attaché based in Lima. She kindly has published in linkedin an announcement that may be of interest to our readers in Peru. At the moment the US...
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
TPP: civil disturbance is foreseen in Latin America
The 04 of November is set to be the date where several people around Latin America are taken the streets. Organisations in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru are planning to take this day to...
