The Chilean National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) reported that, during 2015, it received 136 patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as Receiving Office.

The Chilean Institute of Industrial Property started using the new version of the Nice Classification of Goods and Services (10th edition) on January 1, 2016...

On April 12, 2016, the Colombian National Institute for Drug and Food Surveillance (INVIMA) reported that the time to assess clinical trial research protocols will be reduced from 4.5 to 2 months.

On October 25, 2016, the Sectional Directorate of Customs of Barranquilla, in coordination with its Operational Group of the Division of Fiscalization Management...

The local trademark office authorized use of the Colombian official seal of Designation of Origin (DO) to 40 craftsmen from twelve regions of Colombia.

On April 7, 2016, Ecuador ratified the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, adopted in Marrakesh...

On November 29, 2016, the plenary session of the Ecuadorian National Assembly confirmed President Rafael Correa's veto exempting management entities representing authors both from Ecuador...

In this way, the CJEU resolves once again against the expansion of ¨copyright protection¨ to other human creations by highlighting the limits that this intellectual property right requires in order to be claimed.

It is important to remark that Adidas had not proceeded to register its three lines before the EU until this point.

The Mexican Health Authority (COFEPRIS) has recently signed joint declarations with Germany and Denmark to promote and strengthen the cooperation and exchange of good practices regarding health risks.

The head of the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks, Julio Sanchez y Tépoz, met with a delegation of Korean government representatives to help strengthen the communication...

The National Institute of Copyright (Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor – INDAUTOR) recently announced an update in their fees for procedures and services.

The Mexican Senate approved on Thursday, April 26, 2018, an amendment to the Federal Law of Copyright that would possibly affect the right to freedom of expression on the Internet.

The fight against piracy always meant an important effort for the governments, but in the last years, due to the accelerated evolution that the different technological means have experienced in a short period, ...

More than 2,000 bottles of liquor marked with the Designation of Origin (DO) Pisco were confiscated recently because they did not have authorization to use it.

The National Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) has launched the program "Patenta Universidad" (Patent University), aimed at Peruvian universities.

Company Capri Internacional S.A. was sanctioned in the first instance with a fine of $140,000 USD by the Copyright Commission (CDA) of Indecopi (Trademark Office of Peru), for infringing the rules on copyright ...

The Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay, Carolina Cosse, reported that the government intends to submit a draft law for Uruguay to become a member of the PCT to the Parliament shortly.

On April 28, 2016, the Joint Ordinary General Assembly for Medical Devices took place in Mexico D.F. organized by the Mexican Pharmaceutical Industry Chamber (CANIFARMA).

During the Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of IP Agents held in Buenos Aires on August 25-26, 2016, Dr. Dámaso Pardo mentioned, "Argentina is going to join the PCT and the Madrid Protocol in the near future."