PERU | Competition | Indecopi issues a Draft Guide which will develop a Leniency Programme for detection of antitrust practices . The Draft Guide aims to facilitate the implementation of a Leniency Program, which creates exemptions from prosecution whistleblowers....
ECUADOR – ANDEAN COMMUNITY | Patents | Andean Community Secretariat: High fees in Ecuador patent prosecution does not infringe Andean regulations (for now) . By means of Opinion N° 0002/2016, the Andean Community Secretariat refused to consider a complaint from...
MEXICO | Patents | Updates in the list of officially recognized institutions for the deposit of biologic material . The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) updated the list of officially recognized institutions for the deposit of biologic material. The 46...
COLOMBIA | Intellectual Property | Colombian Congress evaluates Bill that allows universities to create Research Spin Offs . The 6th Commission of the Senate is currently evaluating a Bill (No. 215 of 2015) which –if approved- authorizes public and private Colombian...
