Worldwide: Intellectual Property

Our lawyers in Costa Rica, experts in the Corporate and Commercial Law areas, share this article on two major legal reforms that entered into force in June 2025, aimed at modernizing the corporate framework applicable to legal entities in the country.

Acquired Distinctiveness Will Be Recognized by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) Starting November 28, 2025: A New Regulatory Framework for the Registration of Marks Lacking Inherent Distinctiveness

As of August 10, 2018, in Mexico, a DAU of the registered mark must be submitted along with each renewal application...

¿Cómo es la protección de las leyes mexicanas al patrimonio cultural de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas por el hecho de que se filmen bienes culturales?

Every day, thousands of hours of content are consumed on social media.

Cada día se consumen miles de horas de contenido en redes sociales. Gracias a esta exposición, la creación de contenido ha dejado de ser únicamente un pasatiempo, sino que se ha convertido en un trabajo profesional y de tiempo completo para miles de personas en México y en el mundo.

When we talk about an intellectual property contract, we are not just limited to the license to use a brand or patent exploitation, or the good old confidentiality contract.

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered the review of the provisions of the Brazilian Patent Statue (9.279/1996) on compulsory licensing of patents in cases of national emergency or public interest.

Las licencias de patentes farmacéuticas se conceden, normalmente, por acuerdos libremente celebrados entre el titular de la patente y la persona autorizada a explotar la invención.

The Internet is not only one of the most effective and pervasive methods of communication, but also one of the most problematic areas regarding IP rights violation.

Based on several market analises performed since the beginning of the millennium in Mexico, it has been possible to identify a clear and constant growth in the use of domain names by the small and medium size companies of the country.

From December 8th 2007 , it is in force the registration of the second level domains, apart from being shorter, easier to remember, the new domains ".pe" are faster to prosecute and can be traded by any one who wishes to do so.