Appellations of Origin: The value of tradition
Geographical indications, as distinctive signs, have the primary function of vindicating own qualities and reputation of products in relation to the place and conditions where they are produced.
The SIC and INDECOPI join the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s TMclass
The database contains information of over 60 Intellectual Property offices and allows quick and easy sorting of products and services for the issuing of Distinctive Sign applications. Users can easily identify over 70,000 terms and expressions for various products and services.
The Pharmaceutical Novartis may lose the exclusive right of a Patent in Colombia
For the first time in Colombia the Ministry of Health will issue a resolution that will allow the access to the drug Glivec (Imatinib) which is protected by a patent in Colombia.
Authentication, Simplification, Granted | I.P. Status Latin America
The convention applies only to public documents that need to be authorized. If both countries are part of the convention, an Apostille will be sufficient. There will be no need for any more documents or procedures to make the legal document count in one of the both countries.
Harmonization of IP Laws in Latin America
The harmonization of laws, seeks to improve the defense of intellectual property protection by improving the time for Copyright, Trademarks, Patents procedures, and to provide greater guarantees to inventions and creations.
Keywords in advertising & the violation of Trademark Law
The company Asia Focus was convicted in 1998 for using the words "playboy" and "playmate", so that when they were typed into a search engine on the Internet, those words suggested their website.
Resolution No. 3719 of 2016 for Patents
Resolution No. 3719 supplements and amends some paragraphs in Chapter I of Title X of the Circular of the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce related to Patents.
Resolution No. 3718 of 2016 for Trademarks
Resolution No. 3718 seeks to amend paragraphs 1.2.5.3 and 1.2.5.5 of Chapter I in Title X of the Circular and add paragraphs 1.2.5.13, 1.2.5.14 and 1.2.5.15 in Chapter I of Title X of the Circular.
Online platforms and Big Data promise to revolutionize the legal market
The new technologies that change the business models of transportation, tourism, commerce and advertising are looking forward to change the law firm's industry.
Law 44 of 1993 Copyright
These are the modifications of law 23 of 1982, which is worthwhile to have in mind: The law 44 of 1993 that added sanctions of criminal type of copyright infringement.