On January 19, by means of Resolution No. 153/2015, the Brazilian Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) launched the pilot project "Priority BR," aimed at examining resident patent applications within nine months.

Since December 2015, the Brazilian Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) is accelerating the examination of industrial design applications by means of Regulations No. 44 and 45/2015.

On January 6, 2017, a new Patent Prosecution Highway pilot program between the National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office commenced.

On April 11, 2016, the Colombian Health and Social Protection office approached Novartis AG regarding a formal price offer as part of the Administrative Process for the Declaration of Public Interest.

The Colombian SIC has recently joined the TM5 ID List, a compilation of approximately 14,000 pre-approved descriptions ("IDs" or "identifications") of goods or services that are associated with trademarks.

On May 25, 2018 the European Union, after its approval in Parliament and its European Council, came into force the GDPR, in order to unify the regulations of all the Member States on the matter.

Last August, the CJEU settled a new conflict about the processing of personal data, Facebook and the popular "like" icon.

The Mexican Official Gazette published news of an increase in official fees between 5 to 10 percent for services provided by the the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property...

The Paraguayan Patent Office (DINAPI) recently issued Resolutions RG 28/2015 and RG 01/2016 establishing a grace period until February 29, 2016, for the payment of pending substantive examination...

The Peruvian PTO administrators of the Designation of Origin Pisco and the Regulatory Council of Pisco are working together to reinforce the administration of the DO Pisco by means of modifying, . . .

The Peruvian PTO (Indecopi) has launched its fifth campaign regarding Legal Software ("Campaña de Software Legal") in order to promote the use of software programs that have the pertinent license.

The new edition of the ‘Quick Patent' (‘Patente Rápida') program, aimed at Peruvian patent applicants, was recently launched by the local PTO.

The World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ruled in favor of Uruguay, ordering Philip Morris International to cover Uruguay's legal fees, in excess of $7 million.

In March 2017, the Uruguayan government sent a draft law to Parliament to become a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which is now being discussed before proceeding to vote.

On January 27, 2016, the Uruguayan National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI) published Resolution No. 02/2016.

Moeller IP Advisors kindly informs to clients and friends that on May 27, 2019, the INPI Resolution No. 123/2019 was published, clarifying the recent modifications of our Trademark Law and its regulatory decree.

On February 5, 2018, the European Patent Office and the National Institute of Industrial Property of Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the introduction of the Cooperative Patent Classification by INPI.

In May 2016, FDA sent the second warning letter to the Argentinian manufacturing medical device company.

Messi filed an application in August 8, 2011, to register the above trademark design.

Trade dress and certification mark registrations are also included in the new text.