Yesterday we learned that Joe Biden’s Administration (USA) has decided to support the proposal that several countries have submitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to temporarily suspend intellectual property protection for vaccines…
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When it comes to agricultural products and foodstuffs, there are many advantages that a designation of origin can offer them. However, these products must meet a series of requirements in order to obtain…
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On 1 December 2020, INPI/PR Normative Instruction No. 118/2020 was published in the Industrial Property Journal (RPI) and came into force, which establishes the new Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications in…
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For some years now, there has been much and often talk of “nation branding”. A term which, as its name suggests, refers to the distinction and recognition of a specific country. But in…
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Kleenex®, Tipp-Ex®, Rimmel®, Velcro, bimbo® bread, aftersun®… We have all used many of these words at some time in our everyday language to refer to certain products in a generic way, but the…
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Nowadays, trademark owners and Internet users are faced with problems such as the misuse of domain names either to boost sales of counterfeit goods, to impersonate the identity of certain well-known trademarks or…
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Last October 2020 we announced the launch of the WIPO FILES system for electronic applications for distinctive signs in Costa Rica. This tool, developed between the WIPO and the Intellectual Property Registry of…
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When we speak of the relevant public in trademark law, we refer to the consumer public at which the product in question is intended to be sold. The concept of relevant public is…
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In our previous article we talked about the concept of copyright and its protection* which, as we already know, includes artistic and literary works, and even scientific works. But what happens if I…
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