On 22-23 April 2019, IP Key together with the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural affairs (MARA) and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), in cooperation with UPOV, co-organised seminars successfully in Beijing.

IP Key LA is organizing a new edition of its Roving Seminar for SMEs, this time aimed to Andean countries. The activities will take place in May 2019 in Lima, Quito and Bogota.

The events are aimed at European and local SMEs and seek to disseminate best practices in the use of IP assets for the development of their businesses, as well as publicizing the mechanisms of use and protection of IPR available to them.

IP Key SEA teamed up with Spanish football league, LaLiga, to highlight the importance of IP in sports, particularly for football, at World Intellectual Property Day in Bangkok, Thailand on 26 April. The IP Key SEA / LaLiga ‘Support Your Team – Choose Official Products’ exhibition booth at the event featured a display of all 20 LaLiga team jerseys and their IP components, competitions and giveaways, as well as experts on hand demonstrating how genuine sports broadcasts and merchandise help develop and maintain quality sports leagues.

May 7th, 2019.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentina represents a major potential market for European companies that seek to expand their business internationally. It is a country that presents reasonable standards of protection for IPRs, although it also has particularities that business owners should consider to make a successful transition and take advantage of IP as a profitable commercial tool.

The activity designed and organized by IP Key LA consists in a two-day workshop in Montevideo, next April 29th and 30th, aims to provide hands-on training on free EPO tools (Espacenet, CCD and Global Dossier).