The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), building on its strategic partnership with the Andean Community (CAN) countries and in collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) in Lima, Peru, and the IP offices of the CAN countries (SENAPI-Bolivia, SIC-Colombia,
Over 100 intellectual property (IP) examiners and officials from 16 Latin American nations met online on 12-13 March 2024 to participate in a training session on industrial design examination. Organised with the AL-INVEST Verde DPI cooperation project, the event aimed to strengthen the skills of IP registrars with a focus on industrial design examiners.
The webinar on international intellectual property treaties, organised in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), successfully concluded after two days of intensive sessions. This event, held on 6 and 7 May 2024, focused on fostering dialogue among Andean countries on the challenges and opportunities of accession to the Hague Agreement and the Madrid Protocol.
The activity consisted of a technical workshop alongside a study visit, which was organised in Spain. The visit was based on site tours and direct discussions with EU breeding companies, farmers, and growers.
This study visit included both theoretical and practical sessions on how the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention benefits plant variety protection for farmers and growers. It also provided stakeholders with a platform to address their concerns and seek practical solutions through exchanges with EU experts, breeding companies, farmers, and growers.
The activity pursues raising awareness of IP protection and enforcement by supporting the monitoring of developments in the LA countries in relation to the online and physical marketplaces that are identified in the EC Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List.
The European Commission publishes a Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List biannually that identifies and describes the most problematic marketplaces around the world, whose operators or owners reportedly engage in, facilitate, or benefit from counterfeiting and piracy.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), a leading organization in the field of Intellectual Property (IP), presented the IP Key LA Summit 2025 on February 4 in Brazil.
To address the challenges of copyright and related rights protection in Latin America, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), , organised the ‘International Seminar Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods in Copyright and Related Rights: Advances and Trends’ on 29 and 30 October at the Arbitration and Conciliation Centre of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.
The activity/activities provide for the possibility of undertaking ad hoc initiatives upon the request of DG TRADE.
The description and objectives of the on-demand study or assistance to be undertaken in relation to the on-going FTA negotiations, IP Dialogue or in relation to the implementation of FTA obligations will be defined in accordance with the request to be made by DG TRADE.
Over the past decade, the EUIPN (national and regional IPOs of the EU, the EUIPO, international partners, and users of the IP system) has created tools and converging practices (CPs) that have shaped the EU trade mark and design system: cutting fees, saving costs, creating numerous trade mark and design search tools. The network’s flagship tools, TMview and DesignView are the largest trade mark and design databases in the world, allowing businesses to search from a staggering 116 million trade marks and 21 million designs.
An external expert will be engaged to monitor and report on the following: