Latin America

In a technological and social environment that is undergoing major transformations – with a growing tendency towards a data-oriented economy and society, the emergence of AI, and the growing importance of technologies such as blockchain, 3D-printing and the Internet of Things (IoT) – the need for protecting intellectual property rights has never been more important.

A CII is a computer-implemented invention based on the use of a computer, computer network or other programmable apparatus with features realised wholly or partly by means of a computer program.

In order to provide training for the officials of local IP Offices in charge of the examination of CII patents, the European Patent Office and IP Key LA have designed a virtual workshop set to be held over two half-day sessions in March 2021.

IP Key LA and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) are proud to announce the presentation of the first IP Economic Impact Study in Latin America. This study focuses on the Mexican economy and is the result of a long and detailed investigation carried out over several months.

The European Union protects more than three thousand names of agricultural products and foodstuffs, fisheries and aquaculture, wines, spirit drinks and aromatised wine products, under one of its EU quality schemes: Geographical Indication (GI), Protected Designations of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG).

IP Key Latin America (LA) is an EU project directed and funded by the European Commission and implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office. It started in 1 September 2017 with a duration of 4 years.

The project was designed to support European Union (EU) interests in the region, by helping the LA countries address selected emerging intellectual property (IP) challenges. Due to its historical, cultural and economic ties with LA, the EU maintains close cooperation and political dialogue with the region as its second trading partner behind the United States.

From 14 to 18 December 2020, experts from the Andean Community and the European Union participated online in the third edition of the IP Enforcement and Governance Week, organised by IP Key LA.

IP Key Latin America hosted the Workshop for Latin American Customs Officials on the Importance of Border Measures in Times of the Pandemic, focused on the countries of the Andean Community. It discussed the challenges custom officials face in their everyday work: counterfeiting, piracy and new potential threats in the context of the current pandemic.

On the 17 18 December, selected judges from courts of the Andean Region as well as IP officials of the Andean IPOs joined the Third IP Enforcement and Governance Week to participate in the Judges Symposium.