• Brazil enhances the recognition of renowned Trade marks
    After Brazil ratified the Madrid Protocol, the registration of Trade marks at the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade (INPI) and the recognition of high renown trade marks has a less strict criterion.…
  • Uruguay ratifies the Singapore Treaty
    Uruguay has ratified the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks. From April 21st, Uruguay will become the 51st Member to this treaty. With this ratification, Uruguay becomes the second member to…
  • EPO fees to be increased by 4%
    The European Patent Office (EPO) fees are going to be increased by an average of 4% as from April 2020.  On average, most of the fees have been increased by 4%, but the appeal fees will be increased…
  • Argentina, Brazil and Chile are leading innovation in Latin America
    Bloomberg has just published its annual Bloomberg Innovation Index for the year 2020. This Index analyzes dozens of criteria using seven metrics, including research and development spending,…
  • Peru's INDECOPI report for 2019
    The Peruvian National Institute for the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) has issued this week a report on the activities it has carried out during the year 2019. For the third year in…
  • European Commission’s Report on IP protection in third countries
    The European Commission’s DG Trade has published last week its biannual report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries. This report lists priority…
  • Deadlines extension at Chile’s INAPI
    The Chilean National IP Institute INAPI, has announced that deadlines to some administrative processes related to the filing of intellectual property rights will be extended due to serious damages…
  • INAPI Chile signs a cooperation agreement with Customs
    INAPI Chile signs a cooperation agreement with the National Customs Service. Thanks to this agreement, and through the access to INAPI's Platform for Mass Trademark Processing, customs will have…
  • Record number of counterfeiting products intercepted and destroyed by IMPI in 2019
    The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) has announced that it has ordered the destruction of a record 5,087,662 counterfeiting products during the year 2019. These destructions were…
  • INAPI Chile joins EUIPO's TMClass database
    Chile has just joined the TMClass database platform. This platform, implemented by the EUIPO and run by the EU Commission, is a harmonized database with more than 70,000 terms from which users can…