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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
El Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) de la República de México implementa la PC6
El Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) ha publicado hoy un documento sobre la práctica relativa a la representación gráfica de un dibujo o modelo.
[...]Challenges in plant variety protection and opportunities for cooperation
IP Key Latin America organised a seminar in Quito on 25 May to discuss the current state of plant variety protection in Ecuador, in collaboration with the EU Delegation to Ecuador, the CPVO and SENADI.
[...]SIC Colombia now aligned with CP3
The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Colombia has published a practice paper on figurative marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words.
[...]IP Key relaunched in Latin America
The official launch of the second phase of IP Key Latin America took place in Mexico City on 27 April. The project aims to increase intellectual property protection and enforcement throughout Latin America.
[...]IP Key LA to finish Phase 1
The European project carried out 4 economic impact studies in key countries of the region as part of its contributions to the local intellectual property landscape
[...]The ‘Registro Nacional’ of Costa Rica aligns with CP6
The ‘Registro Nacional’ of Costa Rica (RN) has just published a Practice Paper concerning the graphic representation of industrial designs.
[...]Commemorating IP Key LA’s 48 months of hard work and successful results
In September 2017, when the inception phase of the first-of-its-kind IP project implemented by the EUIPO in Latin America started, it seemed like an ambitious endeavour.
[...]IP Key LA and the Andean Community celebrate the publication of repositories of Andean decisions relating to trade mark and design examination
For the first time in the region, the Andean examination practice decisions for trade marks and designs are compiled in a repository that includes best practices from the four IP offices of the Andean Community (CAN) region, in relation to trade mark and design examinat
[...]Andean Community countries will have a database of trade marks in the subregion
Today, the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN) and IP Key LA, implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, announced the launch of a technological tool that will allow users to access information on trade marks registered in the subregio
[...]IP Key LA – EUIPO study is highlighted during event on the economic impact of intellectual property in Peru
The European project, Intellectual Property Key Latin America (IP Key LA), in conjunction with INDECOPI (Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual), recently
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