The call for abstracts from the Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its themes are here (Spanish, French, and English). This international conference is waiting for you. Please note the deadline is 8 January 2021 to submit the 500 words abstract, I warmly invite you to submit a contribution.
The contributors of the selected abstracts will then be invited to submit a short paper of 2 pages by April 2021; and hopefully, we will see you in July 2021 - even if the conference is postponed, the programme would be ready!
What do you fancy? Do you have something in mind? I particularly was thinking about Quinoa, why? How could I've never heard of this food until I was here in the UK? me? from the Andes region!! it's crazy how one can disregard their own local and regional food for something fanciful - Oh! the era of globalization. I have been attending every single webinar hold by OriGin and FAO through November and December and I have learned about sustainability objectives, sustainable management of wild-collected products, climate changes, healthy diets, and local communities and indigenous peoples. Shall we do this together? Send me an email if you are interested in my next project, and of course, you can submit your own one here.
A certification mark, like its counterpart trade mark, is a distinctive sign that is applicable to both products and services whose quality is guaranteed by the owner of the mark. The development of the certification marks was brought by regional and local organizations aiming to differentiate products and services due to their territorial origin.
‘Purum Machu’ was registered for use on the Nice classification for products under 24 (textiles), 29(foodstuff of animal and vegetable origin), 30 (foodstuff of plant origin except for fruit and vegetables), 31 (land and sea products that are not I need of preparation for consumption),33 (mainly alcoholic beverages but beer); and services 39(transport of people, animal or goods) and 43 (providing food, drinks, and temporary accommodation). The request to be authorized to use the mark will be free for the first year. 
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program is a fast-track examination of a patent application; an applicant request this accelerated process in the national phase which originated on a foreign office and national patent examiners can use the opinion and preliminary examination from the foreign office. The program aims to promote sharing the work among patent offices but the decision of granting patents still remains under the national office. The program run among offices where they agree to share this practice (for more information see WIPO). Brazil does not form part of the Global PPH as its counterparts Chile, Colombia, and Peru; but since 2016, the office has had several bilateral PCT-PPH agreements: European Patent Office (EPO), PROSUR (pilot), Danish Patent and Trademark Office; United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, United States Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office.
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INPI also praised that the average time for assessing
priority processing requirements has decreased from an average time of 220 days
(2018) to 104 days (2020). This is due to ‘simplifying the process flow and
using new information technology tools ‘.
According to the Global
Innovation Index published by WIPO, in 2020, Brazil ranked 62nd
among 131 economies (innovation inputs 59; innovation outputs 64); ranking 4th
among Latin America and the Caribbean economies.
The website of the International Conference ‘Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications’ has arrived. As far as the plan is (we cannot predict what Covid-19 restrictions will be in place), this would be held in beautiful Rome, Italy on 6-9 July 2021 at the FAO headquarters.
Geographical Indications are ‘signs’ used on products such as spirits (‘tequila’ in Mexico), wines (Vale dos Vinhedos’ in Brazil), food (‘Quinoa Real’ in Bolivia), handicraft (‘Montecristi’ in Ecuador) that have a specific geographical origin (the reason for its name/label).
Why do we need you?
The conference is an interdisciplinary affair and aims to
listen to everyone in the area of agriculture and trade linked to GIs– we mean,
EVERYONE. From public authorities to producers, policymakers to practitioners
and stakeholders to academics, you name it, and we will have a space for you.
We are looking for participants around the world and I am
indeed looking for participants from developing countries (check fees and
financial support). To submit your contribution and abstract of no more than
500 words is needed -- deadline is before 18 December 2020. The beauty is that
contributions can be in Spanish (cough cough my Latin American friends),
English or French (simultaneous translation will be available on the date).
For the full invitation check here. For the submission of
contribution check here. When accessing the page, just tap (left-hand side corner)
for the desired language.
‘INPI grants first denomination of origin to indigenous people’
This is the title that the Brazilian Institute Nacional da Propiedad Industrial (INPI) uses for its headlines. My mind started to think of other cases in which a national IPO has recognized in one way or another indigenous peoples and communities. The first, that came into my mind was ‘Tejedurias Wayuu’ [maybe because I love a pretty bag –Xmas list (husband, are you reading this?] (Resolution 71098, 07 Dec 2011) which is a recognized Colombian Denomination of Origin (DO) and it refers to handicraft made by the women from the Wayuu tribe. The second example that came into mind was again from Colombia, the ‘Sombrero Zenu’ (DO) (Resolution 71097 07 Dec 2011) for a hat made by the Zenú Indigenous Reservation [husband, I don't want a hat or a new pot!]. ore in DOs in Colombia here.
Going back to the title and Brazil, the news was a bit different from what I was expecting. Why? you may ask. The Geographical Indication (GI) granted is the name of an Indigenous land and this is something new to me in the recognition of indigenous peoples on GI. In my previous examples, the DOs name refer to the peoples rather than to the land. While GI usually, if not always refers to the link with the region, or better say, the origin in a given ‘place’ - the terroir, the Colombian examples refer to the people.
The INPI reports
that local biome in the ‘Andirá-Marau’ Indigenous land and the know-how of the
indigenous Sateré-Mawé people play a key role in obtaining a differentiated
product.
During last week 19-22 October 2020, the Brazilian Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) celebrated the YEAR AWARD run by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). The later was celebrating the 40th ABPI International Intellectual Property Congress.
This year, the award was aiming to reward the best patent in the area of COVID-19 looking for the following criteria: generating both social and potentially economic benefits; environmental impact; international protection and, the participation of nationals in developing the invention.
Twelve made it to the shortlist. The judging committee
composed of three professors from the INPI's Postgraduate and Research Division
granted the award to PI0903266-5 ‘Method and probe to aspirate endobronchial
secretion’, belonging to the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
In the same line, in September, the INPI did a study to framework patents and
industrial design in the field of ‘mask and respirators’. The goal was to
provide information to various actors and thus, the data obtained covered: recent decades and, national and foreign applications. A summary of the data can
be obtained here (in Portuguese) and for the full study here (in Portuguese). The
nutshell of this info is that the increase in this field was noticed in 2020
and that in general there were more industrial design applications that patents
– most applications came from The United States, and nationally, from the state
of São Paulo.
The Madrid Protocol has been running for over 30 years (June, 1989). With it, the flexibility to the Madrid System has seen an increased number in international trade mark registrations. After three decades, the system expanded to cover Latin America and the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico).
In 2019, WIPO reports that there has been over 60,000 international applications marking a 10th year of uninterrupted growth. While the main driver of the overall rise comes from the US (37%), followed by Germany and France; tailed by Switzerland, the UK, Japan, Italy, Australia, and Turkey.
Brazil, celebrating its 1st anniversary (a member
since 2nd Oct 2019) has received 109 international applications from national
users. This has also facilitated the use of the Madrid system by trade marks holders
located in other countries and thus, Brazil hit the 7,896 number from
international users indicating Brazil as their designated country (INPI
here).
To read the full data, click here.
De modo sorpresivo, a sus 54 años, falleció Hugo Contreras Lamadrid.Se graduó como Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Contaba estudios de Maestría y una Especialidad en Derecho de la Propiedad Intelectual por la División de Posgrado de la Facultad de Derecho de la UNAM y una especialidad en Derecho Civil por la Universidad Panamericana.Fue Director del Seminario de Derecho Procesal de la UNAM, donde fue distinguido con la Cátedra Extraordinaria “José Castillo Larrañaga”.Desde 2018 fue el Director General del Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor (INDAUTOR). Fue Representante de México en el Comité Permanente de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos (SCCR) de la OMPI.Entre 2012 y 2014 fue co-fundador y Director de la Revista Derecho sin Fronteras, publicación jurídica sobre derecho constitucional, procesal, propiedad intelectual, derecho sanitario y derecho penal.Fue Profesor Invitado de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, la Universidad del Salvador y la Universidad Austral, de Argentina.Se especializó en la resolución alternativa de conflictos, especialmente la mediación, y abogaba para una más extensa aplicación de esta figura para resolver los conflictos vinculados al derecho de autor.En lo personal, fue un gran amigo y colega. Nos conocimos hace 10 años, con ocasión de un seminario conjunto entre la UNAM y la Universidad Austral sobre patentes en biotecnología y datos de prueba en biosimilares, en Buenos Aires. Compartimos la organización y exposición en varios cursos y programas de televisión, ya que fue productor de Derecho sin Fronteras en el canal de la UNAM. En 2012, se incorporó al Consejo de Redacción de la Revista Iberoamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (RIPI).Luego vino su nombramiento en el INDAUTOR y coincidimos en el SCCR de la OMPI, donde impulsamos distintas iniciativas, siempre en el marco del GRULAC. Fue un gusto y un honor compartir esos momentos con Hugo.Siempre fue muy trabajador y dedicado. Apasionado docente. Se podía hablar con confianza y tenía posiciones muy constructivas.Conocimos a su familia, Inés y sus hijos, con quienes compartimos la aflicción que los embarga. Para Hugo, la familia siempre estaba en el primer lugar de sus conversaciones.Te extrañaremos Hugo.
Crédito: Imagen disponible en la página web de la Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México, consultada el 9 de octubre de 2020.
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