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EU Industry Days: the resilience of EU SMEs in the green and digital sectors
The EU Industry Days is an annual event highlighting industrial frontrunners, ongoing industrial policy discussions and improving the knowledge base of European industry.

How to protect your intellectual property rights in Argentina
Are you interested in internationalizing your business to Argentina? It is essential to protect your intangible assets through intellectual property rights. It is not an easy task. The first step is to find adequate information. Many doubts arise at the beginning of this challenge

Register and protect you Intellectual Property in Brazil
How do I protect my trade mark in Brazil? What are the steps to register a patent in Brazil? Can I extend the protection of my EU trade mark, design, or patent to Brazil? How is the best way to combine patent and trade secrets protection?

2021: The year in review (in the eyes of the Latin America IP SME Helpdesk)
Before the Christmas celebrations begin, it is now the right time to take stock of the biggest news that we have covered for you throughout 2021 on Intellectual Property and Latin America

The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk experience inside the world cup of tech (Lisbon Web Summit 2021)
Considering the nature of this event, questions from participants mainly focused on fintech, deep technologies, digitalisation, e-health, industry, cyber security or climate change. To them, IP protection is a must.

The Main challenges when applying for a patent in Argentina for EU SMEs
What are the advantages that EU SMEs have when filing a patent application in the Argentine System?
What are the difficulties faced by EU SMEs when applying for a patent?

The General Data Protection Act (LGPD) in Brazil: “the Brazilian GDPR”
Last year, it came as a surprise to us all that Brazil´s Senate had passed the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD), which is now into force, and penalties have entered into force last August 2021.

Chile and the adherence to the Madrid Protocol - What can we expect
A couple of months ago, the Chamber of Deputies & the Senate approved the adherence of Chile to the Agreement of the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Trade marks.

Recent changes to non-traditional trade mark registration requirements in Colombia
Unconventional trade marks play with the consumer´s senses, making any sign capable of being represented graphically to be eligible for distinguishing products and services.

A more sustainable world, thanks to an SME and its relationship with intellectual property
The entrepreneur recommends being thoroughly informed beforehand, through the support of programs such as the Latin America IP SME Helpdesk, in order
EU and US´s takes on third countries IP systems: a focus in Latin America
With just a three-days difference, the European Commission and the US Trade Representative have published their Report on the protection and enforceme

IP & SMEs: Taking your ideas to the market
One more year comes, and it is already 26 April, also known as the Intellectual Property day, as established by the World Intellectual Property Organi

SMEs and intellectual property, a winning combination
According to the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), SMEs represent 99 % of all companies in the EU.

About circular economy and green patents in Brazil
What is circular economy?
The European Parliament has recently approved a classification based on six objectives, which aim to orient public investmen

Can my design be denied in the countries of the Andean Community because of technical features?
Diego Francoise Ortega SanabriaTechnical Secretary at the Commission of Inventions and New Technologies – INDECOPI In those economic sectors in which

Recent changes in Colombia that may affect your patent application – Key aspects for European SMEs to bear in mind when protecting an invention in Colombia
Patents protect all new inventions that solve a technical problem by technical means. They are given in return for the complete disclosure of the

Patent filings: Disclosure and IP strategy before going international
One of the basic rules for the protection of IP rights is that in order to benefit from the monopoly granted through the registration of a patent in a

Join us on our Virtual Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk roadshow!
Join us on our Virtual Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk roadshow!

As promised, our IP diagnostic tool is now available!
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

Beyond the global innovation index: Implications for Latin American innovation and future perspectives
Every year the World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University and the European Institute ESADE issue the Global Innovation Index (GII)