Last month, the National Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) approved the guidelines to be applied for the examination of compulsory patent licence requests... read more...
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Date:
08.10.2019
Earlier in the year the Dominican Republic announced the launch of the Office for the Registration of Plant Varieties (OREVADO), under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is therefore... read more...
Date:
30.09.2019
Brazilian INPI issues new IP costs sheet
Brazil’s Insituto Nacional da Propiedad Industrial (INPI), the national IP office has issued a new cost sheet detailing the fees for actions filed... read more...
Date:
13.09.2019
The Mexican legislature passed on September 5th the law approving Mexico’s future accession to the system for the international registration of industrial designs, commonly called the “... read more...
Date:
06.09.2019
INDECOPI, Peru’s Intellectual Property Office, launched on September 3rd “Quipu”, its brand-new online trademark search engine. The use of this new tool is free of charge.
Before... read more...
Date:
29.08.2019
The DNPI, Uruguay’s IP Office, has published on August 20th resolution Nº6/2019 introducing a Pilot Program for accelerated examination of patent and utility model applications where... read more...
Date:
23.08.2019
Following years of negociations with the Mexican government, Brazil has now registered “Tequila” as a geographical indication. This word may therefore no longer be used in Brazil as a... read more...
Date:
16.08.2019
EPO President António Campinos and President the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) Claudio Vilat Furtado have signed a Joint Statement highlighting the will of both... read more...
Date:
07.08.2019
The World Intellectual Property Organisation, in collaboration with INSEAD and Cornell University has issued the annual Global Innovation Index. This ranking, as its title suggests, rates the... read more...
Date:
30.07.2019
Since July 22nd of this year, Chile’s Intellectual Property Office, INAPI, has made its registered design database available through Designview. This platform, run by EUIPO and free of charge,... read more...