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• European Union boosts Costa Rica’s creative economies

  Technical assistance activities will be provided to strengthen Costa Rican music, movies, television series, video clips and video games... Read more

• Patent Prosecution Highway – UKIPO Edition

  The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office published a resolution which establishes criteria for a new program for fast-track examination of patent... Read more

• Guatemala creates a promotion agency

  The Ministry of Economy aims to institutionalize the coordination, planning, execution and evaluation of policies, programs, projects and actions... Read more

• Plain packaging decree was adopted by Uruguay

   A plain packaging decree was adopted by Uruguayan President, Tabaré Vázquez, on August 6, 2018. Read more

• Trademark registrations expected to continue its growth

  The General Directorate of Intellectual Property (DGPI) of Honduras registered 23.466 trademarks from 2014 to 2017. Read more

• Authors will receive royalties from streaming music platforms

  A five-year negotiation carried out by authors' societies from Latin America and the Caribbean came to an end. Read more

• BC&B acquires the specialized firm Herrera Hazas y Asociados

  BC&B will now also provide services in Civil and Commercial Litigation and Commercial Arbitration. The acquisition seeks to position BC&B as... Read more

• Action for failure to act against the Trademark Office

  The action was filed on the grounds of an official notice published in the Trademark Bulletin regarding opposition proceedings that had not been... Read more

• 10 years in a row in Band 1!

  Ferraiuoli LLC has been ranked in Band 1 in Intellectual Property in Puerto Rico for the tenth consecutive year by Chambers & Partners Latin... Read more

• Harmonized Manual on Trademark Registration Criteria for the DR-CAFTA countries

  The manual is a working document drafted with the objective of serving as a guide for the examiners of the different trademark offices involved. Read more