Latin America

Due to the recent reform of the Industrial Property Law in Mexico, that includes the possibility of registration of non-traditional trademarks, the Mexican Institute of Intellectual property (IMPI in Spanish) and the Mexican Confederation of Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN) held a seminar on the Recent Amendments to the Industrial Property Law on trade mark matters on September 5 in Mexico City. The event covered in-depth the reform elements, their relevance and impact, with the support of national and international stakeholders.

Intellectual property is a powerful tool for investment, growth and job creation. Furthermore, knowing how to manage and exploit IP opens the door to innovation and competitiveness, both in Europe and in Latin America.

For this reason, IP Key Latin America has launched a series of initiatives to support companies, SMEs, universities and other economic actors, focused on the use of IPR in the different stages of the innovation process in a global context or within the framework of transnational association agreements.

In the context of the recent reform of the Industrial Property Law in Mexico, that includes the possibility of registration of non-traditional trademarks, the Mexican Institute of Intellectual property (IMPI in Spanish) and the Mexican Confederation of Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN) will organise a Seminar on the Recent Amendments to the Industrial Property Law on trade mark process on September 5th 2018 in Mexico City.

WIPO and the Dirección General del Registro de la Propiedad Industrial (DIGERPI) from Panamá, along with the IP Key project, will organize a seminar that will cover operational aspects, as well as, benefits and specificities of the Singapore Treaty on Trademarks Law. IP Key LA participates in the event organization showing support in promoting regional cooperation and a deeper integration in IPR procedures.

IP Key LA will organize the seminar “Innovation, Business and Intellectual Property (IP)”. This seminar is designed to provide SMEs with a basic introduction to IP, and allow attendees to understand how to incorporate IP-based considerations into business strategies and how to defend strategic IP assets. This activity is organized in collaboration with IP Offices from Mercosur countries and Chile, Chambers of Commerce (binational and local) as well as Business organizations.

IP Key Latin America will visit Peru and Ecuador next August to promote best practices and generate awareness about the protection of plant varieties. The activities, organized with the collaboration of CPVO, UPOV, INDECOPI and SENADI will be a regional seminar of two and a half days that will take place in Lima and a two-day national seminar in Quito.

Since the beginning of the project, the work of IP Key Latin America has had a strong focus on promoting legal expertise in the field of Intellectual Property throughout Latin America, with the purpose of implementing theory and best practices in the area of intellectual property, drawing on the skills and expertise of judges, public prosecutors, court experts, lawyers and IP attorneys practicing before their national courts, as well as law enforcement officers working in the field.

As of 08 August 2018 the Cuban Office of Industrial Property (OCPI) joins TMclass with the latest version of the Nice classification.

This last addition brings the total number of national and regional IP Offices, including OAPI, WIPO and EUIPO, in the tool to 71.

TMclass offers users the opportunity to search and translate goods and services to and from any of the 44 available languages available.

As of 30 July 2018 the National Directorate of Industrial Property under the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay (DNPI) has made its trade mark and design data available to the TMview and DesignView search tools.

Also on 30 July 2018 the General Directorate of Intellectual Property of Honduras (DIGEPIH) has made its design data available to DesignView.

Equally on 30 July 2018 DNPI and the National Registry Centre of El Salvador (CNR) join TMclass with the latest version of the Nice classification.

Since the beginning of the project, the work of IP Key Latin America has had a strong focus on promoting legal expertise in the field throughout Latin America, with the purpose of lending theory and practice in the area of intellectual property, drawing on the skills and expertise of judges, public prosecutors, court experts, lawyers and IP attorneys practicing before their national courts, as well as law enforcement officers working in the field.