Daniel ChalhubMCLAW – Mello, Cid, Chalhub & Cruz What is circular economy? The European Parliament has recently approved a classification based on six objectives, which aim to orient public investments in countries of the block to achieve goals, already established and agreed upon regarding the climate, with guidelines against pollution of rivers, seas and international […]
Lucia Tamayo Del PortilloSenior regulatory affairs and compliance officer at Khiron Life Sciences Corp Patents protect all new inventions that solve a technical problem by technical means. They are given in return for the complete disclosure of the invention to be used by anyone once the term of protection has lapsed. Generally, this term lasts […]
Nicolás GutiérrezIP Expert – Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk One of the basic rules for the protection of IP rights is that in order to benefit from the monopoly granted through the registration of a patent in a given country, the invention claimed must be new. Novelty is one of the pillars of patent registration, […]
Hello everyone! This is Denise writing, from our virtual home office. What a year 2020 has been so far! Like for everyone, for many of our readers COVID-19 has had an incredible impact on our daily lives – both professionally and personally. The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk has been no exception. In our previous […]
For those of you who follow our LATAM Flagship Blog for some time, you heard about the IP diagnostic tool since our publication ‘2019, another IP year with you!’. Since then, we have already published an article on the new IP cost tool, and it was about time we provided you with a proper introduction […]
Lucia Tamayo Del PortilloLegal Advisor – Colombian Organics Every year the World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University and the European Institute ESADE issue the Global Innovation Index (GII)[1]. This report measures several factors regarding the growth of 129 countries in relation to their development in research and their input and output of innovation. The indicators […]
As usual, our IP Helpdesk was planning the spring events all around Europe, in which all our experts and IP representatives go and meet with EU SMEs and Business Support Organizations through trade fairs, workshops and B2B matchmaking events. Suddenly, March 2020 came and every country in the European Union had to close due to […]
Rubén Cano Pérez Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) has become one of the hot topics of our time, to such an extent that separating the serious from the frivolous can become, in some cases, a hard task. However, it is undisputed that data availability, new ways of processing it and its applicability play a central role in […]
Rebeca Nieto & Robert PocklingtonIP Experts – Latin America IP SME Helpdesk Since its establishment by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) two decades ago, IP Day has been celebrated worldwide every 26th of April. IP Day is not only a perfect excuse for the Latin America IP SME Helpdesk team to organise a gathering […]
Nicolás Gutiérrez IP Expert – Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk As promised in our end of year post published last December, the Latin America IP SME Helpdesk has now issued its very own online Cost Tool! With this new tool you will be able to have an overview of costs involved with the registration of […]
