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The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk has been supporting EU Small and Medium Enterprises for precisely 10 years, helping thousands of companies and working with Business Support Organisations and other Stakeholders.
Latin America sports streaming platforms' revenue in 2024 was over 1,700 million euros, and it is expected to reach a projected 3,700 million euros in 2030, meaning a compound annual growth rate of 13%. Despite these good numbers, piracy costs the industry over 630 million euros yearly.
Latin America's furniture market is growing rapidly, driven by urbanisation, a rising middle class, and demand for innovative designs.
Music is a universal form of creative expression and intellectual property (IP) rights play a pivotal role in supporting a vibrant and diverse music landscape.
IP for music bands: Check our interview with the Spanish band WAKAME.
Groundbreaking EU-Mercosur partnership agreement. The Annex on Intellectual Property in the EU-Mercosur Agreement contains provisions to harmonise protection standards and ensure the effective enforcement of IP rights.
The two main news this year have been Uruguay becoming the 158th member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), from January 2025; and the new IP Law in force in El Salvador.
Check the key Changes in the New Salvadorian Intellectual Property Law.
What would you do if you discovered that the board game you are yet to release is already being counterfeited? This is the case with Wonderbow games, and their new game “Kelp”, which is being released this October.
The LDPD focuses primarily on data processing by entities within Uruguay. It features a more flexible approach to data protection obligations and penalties, which is in line with Uruguay's legal and regulatory environment.
Chile’s proposed AI bill introduces an exception to the Chilean Copyright Law, allowing the use of large datasets for data mining, provided it doesn’t result in direct commercial exploitation of copyrighted material.
All you need to know about Confidential Agreements, NDAs and/or Trade Secrets in Mexico
Currently, the long-awaited Draft Law on the Protection of Personal Data (the “Draft Law”) is with the National Congress of Argentina pending approval. If approved, it will be the first major legislative reform in data protection in Argentina since 2000.
On 5th October 2023, the Uruguayan government, submitted a bill to the Parliament for the accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
What would Christmas be without Glühwein, Santa Claus, and the Latin America IP SME Helpdesk IP Yearly reviews? Check now the 2023rd edition!
This article tries to IP-complete one of the sectors that is a miss at many trade events, but one that is living its golden years as you are reading this article.
It is essential that SMEs consider protecting their creations through intellectual property and efficiently manage these assets to reap the most from their investment in Europe.
Understanding the relationship between board games and IP can be a bit tricky. How can you protect board games with Intellectual Property?
Non-traditional trade marks are not uniformly protected in Latin America and EU SMEs need to be aware of the different legal requirements and challenges for registering them in the region before entering those markets.