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Workshop on patents examination: pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and bioinformatic
The activity consists of a 2-day workshop for patent examiners in LA IPOs, aimed at equipping…Enforcement forum for the Andean Community judges and prosecutors
This forum consists on a 2-day seminar in Ecuador, gathering around 50 judges and district…Regional seminar on enforcement for IP Prosecutors, Customs and Police Investigators in Costa Rica
This seminar consists on a 3-day in-person seminar to be organised jointly by WIPO, USPTO, the…Past Activities
South America IP Enforcement Summit
The aim of this activity, with the support of INTERPOL, is to support different authorities in the…Seminar on Geographical Indications for Chile.
In an important event for intellectual property (IP) in Latin America, experts and representatives…Seminar on Geographical Indications for MERCOSUR
In an important step towards intellectual property (IP) protection, Latin America is about to sign…Virtual workshop on trade marks: position marks, three-dimensional marks and marks for virtual goods and services
More than 300 participants joined online on 19 and 20 March to attend the Virtual Trade Marks…Other news
El Salvador will use HDB from December 2022
As of December the 12th of this year, the National Registration Center from El Salvador (NRC) will implement in its daily operations the list of terms of the harmonized database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass (https://www.tmdn.org/#/tools/181
[...]Guatemala at the forefront of Intellectual Property
The Guatemalan Intellectual Property Registry (RPI-GT) has agreed to use and implement, as of 21 November, the list of terms of the harmonised database of goods and services (HBD) in TMclass (https:/
[...]El Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) de la República de México implementa la PC6
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.
[...]Challenges in plant variety protection and opportunities for cooperation
IP Key Latin America organised a seminar in Quito on 25 May to discuss the current state of plant variety protection in Ecuador, in collaboration with the EU Delegation to Ecuador, the CPVO and SENADI.
[...]SIC Colombia now aligned with CP3
The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Colombia has published a practice paper on figurative marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words.
[...]IP Key relaunched in Latin America
The official launch of the second phase of IP Key Latin America took place in Mexico City on 27 April. The project aims to increase intellectual property protection and enforcement throughout Latin America.
[...]IP Key LA to finish Phase 1
The European project carried out 4 economic impact studies in key countries of the region as part of its contributions to the local intellectual property landscape
[...]The ‘Registro Nacional’ of Costa Rica aligns with CP6
The ‘Registro Nacional’ of Costa Rica (RN) has just published a Practice Paper concerning the graphic representation of industrial designs.
[...]Commemorating IP Key LA’s 48 months of hard work and successful results
In September 2017, when the inception phase of the first-of-its-kind IP project implemented by the EUIPO in Latin America started, it seemed like an ambitious endeavour.
[...]IP Key LA and the Andean Community celebrate the publication of repositories of Andean decisions relating to trade mark and design examination
For the first time in the region, the Andean examination practice decisions for trade marks and designs are compiled in a repository that includes best practices from the four IP offices of the Andean Community (CAN) region, in relation to trade mark and design examinat
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