Over the past year, important changes have been made in the Costa Rican IP landscape. One long-awaited change is the Costa Rica Registry of Intellectual Property’s digital transformation in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Now, an online registration and filing tool speeds the process along. However, practitioners are concerned about...

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Over the past year, important changes have been made in the Costa Rican IP landscape. One long-awaited change is the Costa Rica Registry of Intellectual Property’s digital transformation in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Now, an online registration and filing tool speeds the process along. However, practitioners are concerned about the future of the system as parliament debates the adoption of the Madrid protocol – a convenient and cost-effective system for registering and managing trademarks worldwide. The pressure on Costa Rica to join increases as the list of nations included grows, and its practitioners watch with bated breath.

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