ArticleNew Website To Foster Technology TransferA new website of the Chilean National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) called "INAPI CONECTA" (INAPI Connect) debuted recently.ChileIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleCopyright vs. Taxi DriversThe Director of transport of Sayco and Acinpro (Colombian management entity of communication rights, musical works and audiovisual productions), announced in the National Congress of Taxi Drivers ...ColombiaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleFirst Prison Sentence In Colombia For Copyright FraudThe Criminal Court of the Zipaquirá Circuit has issued the first punishable sentence in Colombia for Defrauding Author Rights and Related Rights.ColombiaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleRegistration Of The First Tactile TrademarkDiageo Brands B.V. applied for a tactile trademark before the Colombian Trademarks Office on February 27, 2015.ColombiaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleSIC To Start PPH ProgramIn January 2016, the Colombian Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Pablo Felipe Robledo, and the President of the European Patent Office, Bennoît Battistelli, signed a MoU...ColombiaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleEPO, CEN, And CENELEC To Cooperate On Standards And PatentsThe European Patent Office, the European Committee of Standardization and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization have signed recently a memorandum of understanding to enhance the support they provide ...European UnionIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleTrademark Applications And Registrations Increase In 2015During a press conference in December, the Director General of IMPI, Miguel Ángel Margáin, reported that 129,619 trademark applications were filed in the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property from January to November 2015.MexicoIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleCan Registration Of A Trademark Be Challenged?Faced with this decision, Goldsun filed a constitutional judiciary protection order to reverse this decision.PeruIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleCan Registration Of A Trademark Be Challenged?Last March the Constitutional Court of Peru, faced with a conflict related to the rejection of the registration of a trademark...PeruIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleCollective Society In Violation Of Copyright LawThe INDECOPI Copyright Commission has sanctioned the collective society "Inter Artis Perú" for copyright infringement and violation of the Law on Performers (Law No. 2813).PeruIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleCooperation Agreement To Improve Patent ExaminationThe Peruvian PTO (National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property – INDECOPI) recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese PTO...PeruIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticlePatent Prosecution Highway Program Between Peru And SpainOn January 1, 2016, a PPH program began between the Peruvian National Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM). PeruIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleMadrid System's Latest News: New Edition Of The Nice ClassificationThe 11th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services will enter into force on January 1, 2017.SpainIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleRequirement To Keep Patent And Trademark Applications AliveOn November 14, 2018, the Industrial Property Bulletin No. 588 (special issue), published by the Venezuelan PTO (SAPI) on November 12, 2018, entered into force.VenezuelaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleLatin American Health Agencies Agree Regarding Online Drug SalesHealth agencies of Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Paraguay and Central America, signed a letter of intent aiming to strengthen joint surveillance on the sale of medicines over the Internet and reduce health risk.WorldwideFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleOpioid Analgesics: Safety Labeling ChangesThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of several safety issues regarding opioid analgesics.WorldwideFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleCooperation Between PTO And PoliceIn April 2016, the INAPI and the Chilean Investigations Police (PDI) signed a cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening the work carried out between both organizations...ChileIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleMadrid Protocol In Latin America: A Trademark PerspectiveSeveral international Intellectual Property (IP) organizations have been actively promoting the Madrid Protocol in Latin American countries.ArgentinaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticlePPH Brazil And Japan To Improve Patent ExaminationIn October 2016, the Brazilian Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services entered an agreement with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry...ArgentinaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors
ArticleEPO And INPI Argentina Sign First Reinforced Partnership AgreementThe European Patent Office and the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Argentina are stepping up their cooperation. ArgentinaIntellectual PropertyMoeller IP Advisors