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 […]

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: […]

The new phase of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program will come into effect on 1 April 2019. The main features of the PPH include: i) the […]

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 […]

In January 2018, the Government of Argentina issued the Decree 27 of 2018, which simplified several administrative procedures.  Among these, it eliminated the obligation to provide […]