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The new scheme, established by Regulation (EU) 2023/2411, introduces EU-wide geographical-indication protection for craft and industrial products (CIGIs).
This initiative reinforces Latin America’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting its diverse portfolio of origin-based products.
Intellectual property has come up around COP30 in 2025, though mainly in the context of technology transfer, justice, and Indigenous knowledge rather than as a standalone agenda item.
The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk team has launched a brand-new Factograph Series offering an overview of the intellectual property (IP) landscape across 19 countries in the region.
The IP Helpdesk was on site at the WebSummit2025 in Lisbon, to connect with innovators, startups, and ecosystem partners from across Europe and beyond.
The Budapest Treaty will enter into force with respect to Brazil on January 20, 2026.
The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM) of Uruguay announced that the National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI) began operating as an Access and Depositing Office for the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) starting on September 15, 2025.
The Government of Brazil has made a voluntary contribution of approximately 244,000 Swiss francs to support World Intellectual Propoerty Organization (WIPO) administered capacity-building initiatives aimed at strengthening the use of intellectual property (IP) by innovators and creators.
New Comparative Study on Trade Secrets and Data Protection
The plan focuses on seven priorities that establish IP as a driver of sustainability and the technology transfer between scientific and technological institutions and industry.
Two new infographics published
The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 ranks the most innovative economies and reveals the world's top 100 innovation clusters.
The partnership will promote training activities for entrepreneurs, highlighting the benefits of registering and protecting inventions and creations.
The guidelines aim to enhance consistency, legal certainty, and transparency in trade mark registration.
The reform aimed to reduce public spending, refocus the agency's work on IP services, and modernise patent procedures using new technologies, including AI.
Both Agreements require separate approval by the European Parliament and Member States before they can each enter into force.
Countries on the Priority Watch List are Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela. (like China, India, and Russia).
The recent landscape of industrial and intellectual property in Mexico reflects a period of significant legal modernisation, but also of substantial regulatory and operational challenges.
New patent expiration manual by INPI.