What led you to establish your own law firm? The first driver behind my decision was a desire for greater independence to develop a more patent-centric […]
Indian government recently approved a PPH pilot program with the Japanese Patent Office (JPO). A PPH is an international cooperation instrument for streamlining patent prosecution, by considering favorable […]
On July 19, Colciencias launched a nationwide call to support patent application filings and intellectual property management, seeking to bolster activities related to the protection of inventions derived […]
Our senior associate Ms. Mónica Guevara, Patent Prosecution Coordinator, recently led and participated in the development of the paper entitled “Divisional Practices around the Globe”, developed by […]
On 5 June 2019, Argentinian president Mauricio Macri signed Decree 403/2019 modifying Annex II of Decree 260/1996, which regulates Patents and Utility Models. The Decree will become effective […]
As recently reported by local media, the Colombian Patent Office (SIC) granted 1,384 patents in 2018 for residents and non-residents. This amount represents a 6.6% increase compared […]
As recently reported by different mass media outlets, Amazon is testing an alternative program to resolve patent infringement disputes, far away from local court jurisdictions. The new […]
Mexico’s Senate recently published in its official Gazette a proposal to modify the Mexican Health Law, seeking to reduce the scope of the linkage system with respect […]
The EPO has published the “Talking about a new revolution: blockchain” report as a follow-up to the “Patenting Blockchain” conference held in The Hague last year, in order to discuss […]
On 4 april 2019, The Managing IP Americas Awards ceremony was held in New York City. The evening honored the best IP achievements by worldwide law firms. The […]
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently published the patent application ranking of the 170 member countries. Regarding the LatAm region, Colombia ranked fourth, wherein 163 patent applications […]
The Peruvian Patent Office (PPO) announced that the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (Global PPH) has come into force in the country. With Global PPH, applicants in Peru will […]
According to the draft rules published by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, which modified part of the patent’s prosecution process in the country, a patent […]
On January 30, 2019, three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professors filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Ford Motor Co., regarding the newest fuel efficient engines contained […]
Merck, a German science and technology company, announced the grant of U.S. Patent No. 10.193.695. The patent relates to the creation of ‘crypto-objects’, an innovative security procedure […]
The Munich Regional Court initially decided to impose a partial ban on iPhone sales in Germany on 20 December 2018, thus awarding a win to Qualcomm. […]
The U.S Patent and Trademark Office USPTO issued the 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance. This Guidance evaluate the eligibility of patent claims. The new guide: […]
Based on the number of scientific publications and WIPO PCT international patent applications, between 2012 and 2016, the 10 hotspots with the most inventive activity and scientific […]
On 30 October 2018, the Brazilian Patent Office published Resolution No. 227/2018establishing that the result of searches carried out in other Patent Offices worldwide could be […]