The pandemic generated by the COVID-19 virus has caused changes in a great variety of services in countries worldwide. The industrial property sector is among those that have been affected by this situation. This manual aims to be a guide for those interested in understanding the suspension of terms and which have been the changes that the industrial property offices of these countries have suffered as a result of the pandemic.
This manual includes information on almost every country in Latin America, and on some countries in North America, Europe and Asia. Each country has its own page. There you will find the name of the state entity in charge of industrial property. On the other hand, it explains the suspension of the terms in each country, and determines from which date to date it will go.
Apart from this, it explains how the entities that have jurisdiction are operating due to the pandemic. It also highlights how the trademark and patent application process is working, and it explains whether it is in-person or online. Finally, it explains how the general operation of these services is going. In most cases attention seems to be online, due to the dangers of transmission of COVID-19, however there are variations on the available virtual channels. Certain countries have official emails, while others operate through various virtual attention channels, and others have had to temporarily close their services, in part because they do not have the necessary channels to offer proper virtual attention.
If you want to learn more about how different countries worldwide have had to adapt the services at their industrial property offices due to the sanitary emergency generated by COVID-19, read the full manual below.
