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 […]
Lesly NowakIP expert The Sustainable Development Goals are defined by the United Nations as “the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. These 17 goals are all interconnected and address a variety of topics from poverty to health, including clean water, clean energy, sustainable cities and others. Many Latin American countries […]
Nicolás GutiérrezIP Expert – Latin America IP SME Helpdesk One aspect of intellectual property in Latin America, which is often overlooked especially by European entrepreneurs, is the relationship between IP rights and the rights of indigenous communities over their culture and traditional knowledge. While this topic rarely makes the front page, it is worth keeping […]
Now that the Star Wars Skywalker’s Saga is ended (with the 9th episode “The Rise of Skywalker”) and that we just came back from our last event participation in another location in Europe -to meet all the Small and Medium Enterprises around Europe- we think there is no better time than this one to wrap […]
