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Workshop on International Treaties
This activity, organised in cooperation with WIPO, consists of a workshop to discuss the Hague…Enforcement forum for the Andean Community judges and prosecutors
This forum consists on a 2-day seminar in Ecuador, gathering around 50 judges and district…Workshop on patents examination: pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and bioinformatic
The activity consists of a 2-day workshop for patent examiners in LA IPOs, aimed at equipping…Past Activities
Seminar on Geographical Indications for Chile.
In an important event for intellectual property (IP) in Latin America, experts and representatives…Seminar on Geographical Indications for MERCOSUR
In an important step towards intellectual property (IP) protection, Latin America is about to sign…Virtual workshop on trade marks: position marks, three-dimensional marks and marks for virtual goods and services
More than 300 participants joined online on 19 and 20 March to attend the Virtual Trade Marks…Online Workshop: Industrial Design Examination
Over 100 intellectual property (IP) examiners and officials from 16 Latin American nations met…Other news
‘Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property’ — the topic of our upcoming IP Key Labs
Taking account of all recommendations and comments, the theme for our third IP Key Lab will be ‘Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property’. [...]
IP Key LA Inaugurates Its Offices for MERCOSUR Projects in Brazil
In an exciting achievement for regional cooperation in Intellectual Property, IP Key LA celebrated the official opening of its offices for the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) at the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) in Brazil last week.
[...]Would you like to enjoy the second IP Key Labs again?
On 18 May 2023, we presented the second IP Key Labs titled ‘Video Games and Intellectual Property’, which was organised following the keen interest shown from our social media followers.
[...]Introducing the second IP Key Labs! “Video Games and Intellectual Property”
"The Metaverse and Intellectual Property", with more than 500 participants connected virtually, was a complete success. So now with great pleasure we present the second webinar of this pilot programme. [...]
The first IP Key Labs had more than 500 participants
On 9 March, ‘The Metaverse and Intellectual Property’ webinar was presented live, the first webinar of the pilot programme to be implemented during 2023 by IP Key Latin America.
[...]Brazil adheres to the Hague System
On February 13 was published that Brazil has joined the Hague System for International registration of designs.
[...]What are IP Key Labs?
We are introducing a series of workshops called ‘IP Key LABs’ as an interesting pilot programme this year. The general idea is to create awareness and reflection on relevant trends in intellectual property and today’s digital world.
[...]IP Key LA presents its 2023 Annual Work Plan
The IP Key LA programme presents its 2023 activity plan. The plan envisages implementing, with the constant support of the European Union Intellectual Property Office, 21 activities.
[...]El Salvador will use HDB from December 2022
As of December the 12th of this year, the National Registration Center from El Salvador (NRC) will implement in its daily operations the list of terms of the harmonized database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass (https://www.tmdn.org/#/tools/181
[...]Guatemala at the forefront of Intellectual Property
The Guatemalan Intellectual Property Registry (RPI-GT) has agreed to use and implement, as of 21 November, the list of terms of the harmonised database of goods and services (HBD) in TMclass (https:/
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