The Clearance of audiovisual works, in a common misinterpretation, is revising scripts, movies, or series along with creators, and telling them that they must remove all […]
The growing Cannabis business is not being matched by worldwide regulation. Governments seem reluctant to issue comprehensive or consistent rules for the industry. Unlike in other […]
Geographical Indications (from now on GIs or GI depending on the context) have always existed as a simple reference to products that come from a particular […]
Colombia has a history of protecting Industrial Property rights through civil and criminal remedies. Its unitary (non-federal) political system, even if decentralized and as a member […]
The United States Department of the Treasury granted License No. 27 authorizing transactions in connection with patent, trademark, copyright or other form of intellectual property protection in […]
In recent days, the government signed a new deal for further fostering the innovation-driven Orange Economy, aiming to promote creative industries in the country, and encouraging the growth […]
Driven by innovation as our main passion and always endorsing public and private regional initiatives aiming to boost the development of Colombia’s Pacific region through the […]
A Mexican Circuit Court recently used Article 221bis of the Mexican Industrial Property Law known as “the 40% rule” to grant compensation comparable to punitive damages in the […]
Social media has become an important tool to connect with one another and as a means to promote one’s business ideas. Visibility of products or services […]
On 9 May 2019, the Argentinian Patent Office issued Decree 353 of 2019,in which regulation of Decree-Law No. 6673/63 on registration of industrial models and designs was […]
The Dominican Republic Intellectual Property Office announced the new official fee schedule for IP applications would be effective 2 May 2019. These rates had not been […]
On May 2nd, Colombian senate decided to adopt the National Development Plan (NDP) document allowing conditional licenses for the Financial technology industry needing to conduct supervised financial activity. […]
According to information provided by our agents, Venezuela has a new method of payment for Intellectual Property government fees. Payments can now be made in euros […]
On 25 April 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual“Special 301 Report”, which contains the United States Priority Watch List in […]
On 19 March 2019, Senator Richard Aguilar filed a proposal to add an article to Bill No. 311 of 2019 (National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2022), forcing pharmaceutical patent […]