The Peruvian Anti-Biopiracy Commission, chaired by the local PTO (INDECOPI) has recently identified a case of illegal access to Peruvian genetic resources...

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published recently its first report in a new flagship series: WIPO Technology Trends, this first edition features Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the theme.

The European Union (EU) and the four founding members of sub-regional trade bloc Mercosur have been negotiating a FTA for the last 17 years as part of a broader Association Agreement between the two regions.

On May 22, 2019, the Brazilian Senate approved the Draft Legislative Decree No. 98/2019, which allows Brazil adhesion to the Madrid Protocol, the International Trademark System.

The Brazilian Intellectual Property Office (INPI) has issued a series of new regulations which the disclaimers in connection to trademarks were changed.

The Government of Canada is changing the current Patent Act and Patent Rules to modernize the Canadian patent regime.

The Madrid Protocol (MP) has allowed the owners of trademark registration to protect these in several countries by a simple application before their local or regional trademark office.

In December 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018 report, which shows IP statistics worldwide.

On October 2, 2018, a new draft law was sent to the Chilean Congress to update the Law No. 19,039 on Industrial Property, the Law No. 20,254, which establishes the National Institute of Industrial Property and the Criminal Procedure Code.

On March 9, 2016, the change of the official exchange rate from Bs. 6,30 x 1 US$ to Bs. 10 x 1 US$ was published in the Official Gazette.

On 1 November 2018 the EPO issued the new CII Guidelines, in which all substantial changes relate mainly to sections discussing the First Hurdle (technical character), that is Parts F-IV and G-VII.

On November 30, 2018, a new trade agreement called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement was signed by United States President Donald Trump, Mexican former President Enrique Peña Nieto, ...

License agreements have become an important legal tool available for business partners located in the same or in different countries to appropriately secure their own economic interest and legal rights involved in their transactions.

According to the 2018 Activity Report recently published by the Brazilian PTO (INPI), last year there was a productivity increase and a substantial reduction of processing time and backlog for trademarks and industrial designs.

This referral seeks therefore clarity on whether the earlier case should be followed.

On January 11, 2018, Presidential Decree No. 27/2018, which introduces many amendments were made to the Argentinian Trademarks, Patents and Industrial Designs Laws, was published in the Argentinian Official Gazette.

License agreements are the main legal tool available for business partners located in different countries to appropriately secure their own economic interest and legal rights including the enforcement of the licensed trademarks against infringing third parties.

The EPO recently published its Annual Report 2018. The main statistics and trends are highlighted below. European patent applications continued to grow in 2018, reaching 174 317 applications, that is +4.6% with respect to last year.

For years the BR PTO has struggled to reduce its patent backlog in order to process applications within reasonable timeframes.

DECTO-2019-403-APN-PTE – Decree Nº 260/1996 Amendment.