Pursuant to Article 69 of the Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs Act, N°7978, the transfer of a trade name presupposes the transfer of the commercial establishment to which the registration is related.

In 2014, the Decree 38308-JP, amending some of the articles of the Regulations to the Costa Rican Patent Law 6867, entered into force.

In addition to this, the Attorney General's Office made a change in the politics regarding the prosecution of the Intellectual Property crimes, providing more protection to the victim.

Costa Rica has become the latest country to join the list of EPO validation states after the European Patent Office and Costa Rica's Ministry of Justice and Peace signed a historic agreement for the validation...

According to the Costa Rican Patent Law, methods of treatment or diagnosis are considered non-patentable subject matter.

L'Office européen des brevets (OEB) et le ministère de la Justice et de la Paix du Costa Rica ont signé un accord historique de validation des brevets européens.

The EPO has recently announced that a validation agreement has been signed with Costa Rica.

The registration of a commercial name is for an indefinite term and it is terminated with the extinction of the business that owns it.

Most clients' questions that are commonly addressed by Intellectual Property department attorneys refer to product's protection; thus, certain queries such as "How do I patent my product?"...

No podemos depender de la protección del Estado.