Latin America

Los días 28 y 29 de junio, IP Key América Latina organizó un taller sobre el procedimiento de examinación de marcas no tradicionales que reunió a más de 150 funcionarios y examinadores de marcas de las 16 Oficinas de PI de la región.

El seminario tenía como objetivo formar a los examinadores latinoamericanos en materia de marcas no tradicionales, así como promover buenas prácticas para aumentar la transparencia, la seguridad jurídica y la previsibilidad en beneficio tanto de los examinadores como de los usuarios.

This activity aims to strengthen the Latin American IPO’s capacity to deal with new technologies (i.e. artificial intelligence) and to increase examiners’ efficiency in this area, as well as to improve their decision predictability for end-users.

El 15 de noviembre de 2022, expertos de Latinoamérica y la Unión Europea participaron como ponentes en un taller virtual sobre variedades vegetales organizado por IP Key LA.

The activity aims to raise operator, stakeholder and authority awareness and knowledge of how to develop and market GIs. Specific market-related issues will be studied, including coexistence with trade marks, focusing on cases related to the phasing out of the use of protected names.

This activity will contribute to facilitating the adoption of transitional measures and engagement in rebranding strategies in relation to distinctive signs in conflict with EU GIs. It will favour the expansion of GIs among local producers and raise awareness.

This study aims to provide evidence on the economic importance of IPRs for Brazil and to present it in a way that policy makers can easily use it in their work and it can serve as a tool for raising IP awareness among policy-makers and Brazilian citizens. Specifically, in terms of content, it aims to assess the combined contribution of industries that make intensive use of the various types of IPR to the economy of Brazil.

On 15 December 2022, representatives from 16 Latin American countries attended the ‘Virtual Workshop on Mediation: Intellectual Property Cases’, organised by the EUIPO and IP Key Latin America (LA).

The main objective of the activity was to contribute to raise awareness among SMEs and IP rights holders about alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation.

The aim of this activity is to build on the celebration of the 10 years of accession of Mexico and Colombia to the Madrid Protocol, by organising a conference promoting accession to both the Madrid Protocol and the Hague Agreement. This conference will also be an opportunity to present the findings of the seven studies developed within IP Key LA, and for Latin American countries to share their experience among themselves. Furthermore, this activity will serve to give support to those countries interested in joining the Hague and the Madrid Protocols.

IP Key LA tuvo el gusto de organizar el seminario de Indicaciones Geográficas para Centroamérica, mismo que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Antigua, Guatemala, los días 26 y 27 de septiembre. Reuniendo a representantes de seis países de Centroamérica con instituciones de la Unión Europea, el objetivo principal de esta conferencia fué fomentar el diálogo para mejorar la protección, promoción y utilización de dicha herramienta en la región.

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.