Region: Latin America & Caribbean

In an exclusive guest post, representatives from the Peruvian Trademark Office reveal the milestones from the past 12 months, and developments set to occur in 2023.

27 December 2022

Featured in Physical marketplace counterfeit hotspots

In an update from our series on marketplaces around the world that should be on counterfeit enforcement radars, we head to Paraguay.

14 December 2022

Featured in Physical marketplace counterfeit hotspots

In a major update from our series on marketplaces around the world that reportedly engage in the trade of counterfeit goods, we head to Uruguay.

09 December 2022

Following a tight run-off race, Lula da Silva is to become the next president of Brazil. His election could have a significant impact on the country’s IP ecosystem.

08 December 2022

Reports of IP violations on Latin America’s biggest e-commerce platform are declining, but infringing products are still a top concern in some major jurisdictions.

05 December 2022

WTR’s monthly column tracking trademark and related policy developments, including the progress of major bills, from around the world.

01 December 2022

Featured in IP office tools and services

In an update from our regular series on innovation at national IP offices, we hear from representatives at the National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile.

18 November 2022

Although it was accepted that well-known marks will be treated differently in non-use cancellation actions, the notoriety of the mark THE INCREDIBLES was not demonstrated for the relevant goods.

18 November 2022

SENADI upheld oppositions against applications for the mark FUNKY CAT in Classes 9, 35 and 37 on the ground that there was a likelihood of confusion or association with the mark CAT.

17 November 2022

The fact that the defendant started the sanitary authorisation process in 2015 - a year after the opposition was filed - did not go unnoticed by the court.

14 November 2022