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Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Some news and views from me to you

Patricia Covarrubia December 06, 2022 No comments:

I cannot deny that keeping up with the blog has been arduous to say the least. The matter is that joggling between a full-time academic job comes with presenting and attending conferences, writing papers and plenty of responsibilities not only academic but also administrative, and then a house, family, and a bit of Legal consultancy. Aside, the University of Buckingham, where I work, drives, and leads on personal mentorship – and I am proud of it, but it is time and energy consuming. On this fact, I got some news to share, well ...maybe there are not brand new, but indeed good news to share. However, I have to say, that at first, I did not make a fuzz of it, because I do not like to ‘show off’ but on reflection, the idea of obtaining any recognition is to acknowledge, and if someone feels that this is their right path and want to connect with me for further guidance then, I am more than happy to give a hand.

The Kindness & Leadership, 50 Leading Lights UK announced the listees in November, and I am one of them 😉. The campaign “seeks to shine a great big spotlight on leaders who are impacting others through kindness. We see this campaign as a unique chance to build a new status quo, sharing advice and expertise from leaders and recognising the contribution of kind leaders to business, the economy and society.” The 50 listees come from different industries (me as academic) [View the 2022 listees at https:// www.kindnessrules.co.uk/uk/] You can check my statement if you click on my name, and you can also watch a video (1 minute) here.

My second big news is more IP related. The 30^th of November came out the e-copy of the edited collection Transboundary Heritage and Intellectual Property Law: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. The book took a few years to materialise, but one cannot expect less as the calibre of the authors were of high standard and engaged in their own projects. I was indeed honoured for them to embark with me in this task. For more info on this, check this page

The Book Description reads

Since the Intangible Heritage Convention was adopted by UNESCO in 2003, intangible cultural heritage has increasingly been an important subject of debate in international forums. As more countries implement the Intangible Heritage Convention, national policymakers and communities of practice have been exploring the use of intellectual property protection to achieve intangible cultural heritage safeguarding outcomes.

This book examines diverse cultural heritage case studies from Indigenous communities and local communities in developing and industrialised countries to offer an interdisciplinary examination of topics at the intersection between heritage and property which present cross-border challenges. Analysing a range of case studies which provide examples of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and genetic resources by a mixture of practitioners and scholars from different fields, the book addresses guidelines and legislation as well as recent developments about shared heritage to identify a progressive trend that improves the understanding of intangible cultural heritage.

Considering all forms of intellectual property, including patents, copyright, design rights, trade marks, geographical indications, and sui generis rights, the book explores problems and challenges for intangible cultural heritage in crossborder situations, as well as highlighting positive relationships and collaborations among communities across geographical boundaries. Transboundary Heritage and Intellectual Property Law: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage will be an important resource for practitioners, scholars, and students engaged in studying intangible cultural heritage, intellectual property law, heritage studies, and anthropology.

Some of the chapters cover specifically Latin America

Chapter 3 ‘Scaling up and down the edible heritage: Food and foodways as terrains of cultural friction ‘by Raúl Matta, focusing on Mexico cuisine

Chapter 7 ‘Colombian/Panamanian molas: Coping with the challenges posed in protecting and commercialising transboundary intangible cultural heritage’ by Florelia Vallejo-Trujillo

Chapter 8 ‘The ‘Pisco War’: A Chilean-Peruvian conflict at the crossroads of an intellectual property regime and intangible cultural heritage’ by Bernardo Alarcón Porflidtt

Chapter 11 ‘Knitting a future for the Aymara’s weavers: The Andean project’ by Patricia Covarrubia

Hope you forgive me for not being as prompt with news and views in the blog as it should be, this has been a crazy year! And as always, please do contact me if you think you have what we need to make this blog shine with news once again.

Mexico: cultural (mis) appropriation

Patricia Covarrubia July 29, 2022 No comments:

Last week, the Mexican Secretary of Culture sent a letter to the company SHEIN asking to clarify the launch of the piece “Flower trim top with floral print” that is identical to a garment designed by the handicraft brand ‘ YucaChulas’.

The statement reads ‘” cultural elements whose origin is fully documented’, which generate economic rewards in the communities that sell them. The blouse, short huipil, was created in the Mayan communities of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo, and its design would not be possible without knowledge “transmitted from generation to generation, product of the collective creativity of the Mayan people.”’ YucaChulas also went to social media (here) to express their dismay against SHEIN due to the lack of recognition of the work made by local artisans and how plagiarism diminish and devalued their culture. Since then, SHEIN has removed the garment and noted in a statement that it was not their intention ‘to infringe anyone’s valid intellectual property and it is not our business model to do so.’

Photo: El Universal - YucaChulas left; SHEIN to the right

As you know, the protection of cultural expression through intellectual property is a heated debate. And now, WIPO has advanced in this topic – see early publication here. In the meantime, some countries, especially in Latin America, have some kind of legislation that regulates the use of traditional knowledge, but yet there is not clear procedure or enforcement, it seems like just ‘good practice’. However, one must say that the Panama Law No. 20 on the Special Intellectual Property Regime with Respect to the Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the Protection and Defence of their Cultural Identity and Traditional Knowledge, seems a solid one. Others, like Colombia, continues to use Geographical Indications protecting cultural expressions and traditional knowledge, although this protects the product linked to the origin, rather than the product per se. The same strategy is used in Peru, where you will notice several ‘collective marks’. Yet, IP is territorial and these legal tools, used in Panama, Colombia and Peru as examples, only will stop the ‘plagiarised’ product to be sold in their countries, but can continue to sell it in other jurisdictions. [sad]

Read the news at El Universal MX

Asamblea General de la OMPI avanza hacia la celebración de conferencias diplomáticas sobre diseños y conocimientos tradicionales asociados a recursos genéticos

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo July 22, 2022 No comments:

El 21 de julio de 2022, los Estados miembros de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) aprobaron la convocación de conferencias diplomáticas sobre diseños y recursos genéticos, a más tardar en 2024.

Las conferencias diplomáticas son rondas de negociación en las que se adoptan o revisan tratados multilaterales.

La decisión de avanzar hacia conferencias diplomáticas se tomó durante las Asambleas de los Estados miembros de la OMPI, que se llevaron a cabo del 14 al 22 de julio de 2022, en relación con los siguientes instrumentos.

Propuesta de Tratado sobre el Derecho de los Diseños (DLT)

El Tratado tiene como objetivo agilizar el sistema internacional de protección de los diseños, haciéndolo más fácil, rápido y económico al acelerar los procedimientos y eliminar la burocracia.

En 2006, se iniciaron los trabajos de simplificación de los procedimientos para la protección de los diseños industriales en el Comité Permanente sobre el Derecho de Marcas, Diseños Industriales e Indicaciones Geográficas (SCT), evolucionado hasta convertirse en el borrador del DLT propuesto.

La OMPI destacó que existen tratados similares: el Tratado sobre el Derecho de Patentes de 2000, el Tratado sobre el Derecho de Marcas de 1994 y el Tratado de Singapur sobre el Derecho de Marcas de 2006.

Proyecto de instrumento jurídico internacional relativo a la propiedad intelectual, los recursos genéticos y los conocimientos tradicionales asociados a los recursos genéticos

Este instrumento jurídico abordará aspectos de la propiedad intelectual sobre el acceso, la utilización y distribución de los beneficios de los recursos genéticos (p. ej., plantas, animales y microorganismos) y los sistemas de conocimiento.

La OMPI brindó ejemplos de tales aspectos de la PI, como “una de las ideas que cuentan con el apoyo de numerosos países es que los solicitantes de patentes cuyas invenciones utilicen recursos genéticos y CC.TT. conexos deberían divulgar ese hecho y demás información conexa en las solicitudes. Este punto constituye una propuesta de ‘requisito de divulgación en las solicitudes de patente’. Otras ideas [... incluyen] un mayor uso de las bases de datos de información sobre recursos genéticos y CC.TT., lo que permitiría evitar que los examinadores de patentes concedan patentes erróneas.”

El instrumento jurídico tiene como objetivo, entre otros, armonizar los sistemas nacionales, fomentar el desarrollo de las comunidades indígenas y locales, y mejorar la calidad, eficacia y transparencia del sistema de patentes.

La OMPI enfatizó que desde 2010, “en el Comité Intergubernamental sobre Propiedad Intelectual y Recursos Genéticos, Conocimientos Tradicionales y Folclore (CIG) se están llevando a cabo negociaciones sobre un instrumento jurídico internacional relativo a la propiedad intelectual, los recursos genéticos y los conocimientos tradicionales (CC.TT.) conexos, así como sobre la protección de los CC.TT. como tales y las expresiones culturales tradicionales o el folclore.”

Revise aquí el comunicado de prensa publicado por la OMPI.

Crédito: “Delegates at the Opening of the WIPO Assemblies 2022” por Emmanuel Berrod está disponible a través de OMPI | OMPI en Flickr. Derechos de autor: OMPI. Foto: Emmanuel Berrod. Esta obra tiene una licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional.

La versión en inglés de este artículo fue publicada primero en el blog The IPKat.

La OMPI y el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo August 14, 2021 No comments:

La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) difundió algunas noticias en el marco del Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, que se celebra el 9 de agosto de cada año.

Ganadoras del Concurso de Relatos Cortos sobre el Ingenio y la Creatividad de los Pueblos Indígenas de la OMPI

Se anunciaron a las ganadoras del Concurso de Relatos Cortos sobre el Ingenio y la Creatividad de los Pueblos Indígenas de la OMPI. El Concurso estaba dirigido a miembros de pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales para que compartieran historias sobre sus conocimientos tradicionales (CC.TT.) y expresiones culturales tradicionales (ECT).

Upcoming events on this week!

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo September 09, 2020 No comments:

WHAT’S GOING ON THIS WEEK?

On 9 September 2020, the webinar The future of intellectual property in the age of hybrid technologies (in Spanish) will be streamed on Facebook. The event is part of the Permanent Seminar on Intellectual Property 2020-2 (SEPEPI) which is organized by the Legal Research Institute (IIJ) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The speaker is Professor Manuel Desantes (University of Alicante).

On the same day, the webinar The importance of intangible assets (in Spanish) will take place. The event is organized by the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI). The speakers are Melissa Barriga Castañeda, María Esther García Álvarez, and Alan Guevara Morales. Carolina Ponce will moderate the session.

The webinar Industrial Designs for Brazilian Users and Stakeholders (in English and Portuguese) will be streamed on YouTube also on 9 September 2020. The event is organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil) and the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI). The panellists are Jessamyn Honculada (WIPO), Max Germeil (WIPO) and Eduardo Rodrigues Rio (INPI Brazil). Ricardo Pinho will moderate the session.

Meanwhile, the Ibero-American Federation of Law and Information Technology Associations (FIADI) is organizing the webinar Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Law (in Spanish) also on 9 September 2020. The speakers are Luis Raúl Rodríguez Oconitrillo, Humberto Martín Ruani, Edda Karen Céspedes Babilón and José Vega Gallardo. Register here.

The EPIP2020 Online Conference will take place from 9 to 11 September 2020. The event is organized by the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP). The program will cover artificial intelligence, data privacy, platform regulations, the EU Digital Single Market, trade secrets, overlapping trademarks and other IPRs, as well as COVID-19 and IP. Some speakers are Marco Alemán (WIPO), Carsten Fink (WIPO), Marcus Höpperger (WIPO), Yann Ménière (EPO), Nathan Wajsman (EUIPO), Andrew Toole (USPTO), Christophe Geiger (University of Strasbourg), Daniel Gervais (Vanderbilt University), Eleonora Rosati (University of Stockholm), Nicola Searle (University of London), Irene Calboli (Texas A&M University), Estelle Derclaye (University of Nottingham), Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam), and Lisa Ouellette (Stanford Law School).

On 10 September 2020, the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI) will hold the webinar Women and video games: How to balance the game? (in Spanish). The speakers are Blanca Estela López Pérez (UAM-A), Diana Rodríguez Aparicio (Women in Gamex) and Dany Kino (TV UNAM). Salvador Camacho will moderate the session.

The Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) is organizing the webinar Restriction measures to the use of trademarks (in English and Spanish) also on 10 September 2020. The speakers are Ron Cregan (UK), Antonella Salgueiro (Paraguay) and Luis Diez Canseco (Peru). María Rosa Fabara will moderate the session.

On 11 September 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is offering the webinar E-commerce and Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Entrepreneurs. The speakers are Juan Hoyos (ITC), Lucille Anak Awen Jon (Malaysia), Solveig Ballo (Norway), and Gabriele Gagliani (Bocconi University). Rebecka Forsgren (WIPO Indigenous Fellow) will moderate the session.

Last but not least, IP Time will hold the webinar Web-users as creators. Legal aspects from a copyright perspective (in Spanish) also on 11 September 2020. The speaker is Pablo Solines Moreno (Ecuador).

PAST EVENTS

Did you miss some events held the last week? The following are still available on-demand:

31 August - 3 September. Online Seminar on the Analysis of the Amendments to Intellectual Property in Mexico (in Spanish), organized by the Seminar of Patents, Trademarks and Copyright of the Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Some speakers: Geidy Lung (WIPO), Carmen Arteaga (UNAM), Hugo Contreras Lamadrid (INDAUTOR), Kiyoshi Tsuru, José Luis Caballero, Martín Michaus, Mauricio Jalife, Fernando Becerril, Bernardo Herrerías, and Gastón Esquivel. Watch the panel I here; panel II and III here and here; panel IV and V here; panel VI and VII here.
1 September. Webinar: Medical Technology and Application of Artificial Intelligence: Overview and Regulatory Framework (in Portuguese), organized by the Paulista Association of Intellectual Property (ASPI). Speakers: Patrícia Peck Pinheiro, Elza Durham and Gilberto Takata. Moderators: Gil Meizler and Eliane Beltrame.
2 September. Webinar: Financing Tools for Health Innovation (in English and Spanish), organized by the European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance). Speakers: María Apólito (Argentina), Juan Manuel Giner González (Argentina) and Carmelo M. Gordian (United States of America).
2 September. Webinar: The Innovation System of Paraná (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Opening speakers: Maria Inez Araujo de Abreu (CESA) and Juliana L.B. Viegas (USP). Panellists: Aldo Nelson Bona (SETI) and José Maurino de Oliveira Martins (SEPARTEC). Moderator: Claudia Crisostimo.
2 September. The opening lecture of the Course: Strategic management of trademarks portfolio (in Portuguese), organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). The theme of the opening lecture was the International Trademark System. Speakers: José Graça Aranha (WIPO), Kone Cesário (UFRJ) and Luciany Pelisson Creado Becker (OAB PR).
3 September. Webinar: Online dispute resolution for IP issues (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Speakers: Leandro Toscano (WIPO), Paul Corral (Catholic University of Ecuador) and Javier Fernández-Lasquetty. Moderator: Mary Fernández Rodríguez.
3 September. Webinar: Anti-discrimination compliance in the fashion industry - measures and clauses for adequacy (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI) and OAB Rio de Janeiro (the Order of Attorneys of Brazil). Speakers: Humberto Adami (OAB), Fabricio Oliveira (UFF) and Ana Paula de Paula (CDMD). Moderators: Deborah Portillo (CDMD) and Renata Lisboa (CDMD).
4 September. Webinar: General principles applicable to Copyright contracts* (in Spanish), organized by IP Time. Speaker: Professor Delia Lipszyc.

* The webinar details were added to the page “Events” on the IPTango website after the weekly article was published.

If you have a craving for more, review the full list of events here!

Credit: the picture is courtesy of Riana Harvey. IPTango would like to express our gratitude to Riana for designing the image!

Upcoming events on this week and more!

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo June 15, 2020 No comments:

WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK?

On 16 June 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization is holding the webinar WIPO Mediation Rules for IP and Tech Disputes (in English). WIPO is offering the webinar at two different times: the first one at 10:00 AM CEST and the second one at 5:00 PM CEST. Register here.

On 17 June 2020, the WIPO-AIPPI Joint Webinar (in English) will take place. The event is organized by WIPO and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). The speakers are Arno Hold (AIPPI), Francis Gurry (WIPO), Luiz Henrique do Amaral (AIPPI), Annie Tsoi (AIPPI) and Claudio Cocorocchia (WIPO). At the end of the event, a practice session introducing WIPO PROOF will be held.

On the same day, the Latin America IPR Helpdesk is offering the webinar Intellectual Property: the door to secure internationalization (in Spanish). The speaker is César E. Férnandez.

The webinar Inventions implemented through computer programs and new technologies (in Portuguese) will also take place on 17 June 2020. The event is organized by the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil) and the law firm Leão Propriedade Intelectual. The speakers are Daniel Barros Junior (INPI Brazil) and Professor Milton Lucídio Leão Barcellos. Sheila da Silva Peixoto will moderate the session.

Meanwhile, WIPO and the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI) will hold the webinar The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions. Some speakers are Daphné Zografos Johnsson (WIPO) and Carolina Starling (Ministry of Tourism, Brazil). The session will cover cases concerning the traditional June festivities (Festas Juninas) and will be streamed on ABAPI TV (YouTube Channel).

On 18 June 2020, the following events are scheduled:

Webinar: Protecting your Designs Internationally with the Hague System (in English), organized by WIPO.

Webinar: Quick Guide to WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution Services for the .EU ccTLD (in English), organized by WIPO.

Seminar: Copyright perspectives in light of alternative dispute resolution methods, organized by WIPO and DNDA Colombia. Some speakers: Carolina Romero Romero (DNDA Colombia), Leandro Toscano (WIPO), Lydia Esteve González (UAIPIT) and Marianella Bruno Pollero (UNCITRAL).

Webinar: The role played by the States and the Union in sustaining the Brazilian culture sector in light of the social distancing measures (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Speaker: Sérgio Sá Leitão (Ministry of Culture).

Global Digital Encounters: International IP and Access to Pandemic Treatments (Encounter 3), organized by FIDE and TIPSA. Speakers: Professors Rochelle Dreyfuss (New York University) and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan (Cambridge University). Moderator: Prof. Laurent Manderieux.

Webinar: Companies as vehicles for social development (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).

WIPO - MEXICO SUMMER SCHOOL ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The WIPO - Mexico Summer School on Intellectual Property will be held online from 6 to 17 July 2020. The program is addressed to senior students (bachelor or postgraduate) and young professionals.

The theme of this year’s summer school is “Creative Industries and Intellectual Property”. Case studies, online lectures and debates are all part of the program.

The sessions will be instructed in Spanish. Fees have been waived due to the exceptional circumstances of this year. Apply before 22 June 2020. More information can be reviewed here.

PAST EVENTS

Did you miss some events held the last week? The following are still available on-demand:

9-11 June. Challenges for Copyright in the Digital Environment in the Andean Community (in Spanish), organized by SENADI Ecuador and ELAPI. Some speakers: Santiago Cevallos (SENADI - Ecuador), Ramiro Rodríguez (SENADI - Ecuador), Carolina Romero Romero (DNDA - Colombia), Francisco Bueno Ayala (SENAPI - Bolivia), Fausto Vienrich Enríquez (INDECOPI - Peru), Hugo Gómez Apac (Court of Justice of the Andean Community), and Paolo Lanteri (WIPO).

11 June. Making your Business Digital: How Intellectual Property can Help you, organized by WIPO and ABPI (in English with simultaneous translation to Portuguese). Speakers: Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta (ABPI), José Graça Aranha (WIPO), Laurent Manderieux (TIPSA), and Eldar Haber (Faculty of Law of the University of Haifa). Moderator: Filipe Fonteles.

12 June. ASIPI / INTA Study on the Economic Impact of Trademarks in Latin America - Possible Consequences of the Pandemic. Speakers: Marcela Cristini and Guillermo Bermudez. Hosts: Elisabeth Siemsen and Etienne Sanz de Acedo. Moderators: Matías Noetinger and José Luis Londoño.

If you have a craving for more, review the full list of events here!

Image: IMPI's official account on Twitter.