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The European Commission (EC) recently published its biennial Report on the “Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in third countries”. Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador remain as priority 3 countries for the European Union (EU).

TMclass helps you to search for and classify Goods and Services (terms) needed to apply for trade mark protection. You can also translate a list of Goods and Services and verify if those terms appear in the classification databases of the Participating Offices.

The representatives of Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) came together to discuss about extending the ongoing actions by enhancing the technical cooperation between the two institutions this year.

The Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property has just published its action plan for the years 2023 to 2026. 

The International IP SME Helpdesks have joined forces hereby to address this issue by supporting women innovators in unlocking their innovative ideas. To do so, the Helpdesks have compiled initiatives being carried out by countries and IP national offices to support women in their IP journey.

The eleventh edition of the "International IP Index" benchmarking the intellectual property (IP) framework in 55 global economies across 50 unique indicators, has recently been published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) reported that the number of women inventors filing patents in Chile increased by 27% in 2022.

The first-ever Quality Index for Latin American Patents has been published to evaluate the patent quality in Latin America.

In 2023, the World Intellectual Property Day celebrates all talented women around the world and promote the development of more inclusive and diverse IP ecosystems that accelerate innovation, creativity and business growth for the benefit of all.

Chile adopts 12th edition of the Nice Classification for trademarks to keep up with the constant evolution of the international market.

The number of international patent applications has increased by 0.3% and reached its peak in 2022. More than a few Latin American countries - Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina Uruguay- have experienced growth in number of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications.

The world's largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) celebrates its fifteenth birthday this year,

The Andean opposition protocol for the management of Andean oppositions in trade mark matters came into operation on 1 March 2023.

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a new start phase of bilateral cooperation in Intellectual Property between the two entities.

Both EU and Chile have just modernised their agreements on wines and on spirits and aromatized wines, which enhances bilateral trade of these products playing a key role in agricultural trade for both parties that will benefit from reciprocal protection.

Under the Hague System, one international application replaces a whole series of applications that would otherwise have to be filed with different national offices.

Brazil deposited its adhesion to the Hague Agreement protocol for the International Registration of Industrial Designs

The National Center of Registries from El Salvador (CNR), and the Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala (RPI), have both implemented the Harmonise Database of goods and services (HDB) in TMclass. 

On 25 November 2022, WIPO announced that Paraguay had deposited its accession to two Treaties: Vienna Agreement (entry into force: 25 February 2023), and Nairobi Treaty (entry into force: 25 December 2022).