Under current legislation, the Council of State has full jurisdiction over annulment actions in cases related to industrial property. However, starting 26 January 2022, all annulment […]
Litigation in Colombia has been no exception to the COVID 19 crisis. Decree 806 of 2020 forced us to transform our traditional justice system into a virtual one.
Commercial agency contracts’ regulation in Colombia remains a challenge for both attorneys and clients. Colombian Commercial Code defines Commercial Agency as a contract by means of […]
The US Supreme Court, in Romag Fasteners v. Fossil, ruled that willful trademark infringement is NOT a prerequisite to recover profits.
The decision is relevant because […]
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 […]
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 […]
Constitutional Court has unified the appeal regime established in the General Code of Process (GCP), through decision SU-418. The decision was taken after analyzing four cases […]
Minister of Justice, Margarita Cabello Blanco, and the President of the Council of State (supreme court for administrative matters in Colombia), Lucy Jeanette Bermúdez, recently introduced Bill […]
On 2 July 2019, the delegates at the Diplomatic Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, after almost 30 years of efforts, adopted the Convention […]
Recently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) ruled to continue with the assignment proceeding for “.amazon”. The decision was issued in favor of the American […]
The Colombian Supreme Court on Constitutional matters stated last 11 April 2019 that the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) and the Superintendence of Corporations (SSC) will not […]
Ruling T-102/19 determined that not any hurtful or shocking expression constitutes per se a violation of fundamental rights and that for this to happen, it must be […]