by Unión Andina de Patentes | Feb 7, 2023 | Patents and Plant Breeder's Rights
Article 34 of Decision 486 of the Andean Community states that a patent application may be modified at any time during the process, as long as it does not imply an extension of the disclosure contained in the initial application. In this regard, the Court of Justice...
by Unión Andina de Patentes | Jul 18, 2022 | Intellectual Property, Patents and Plant Breeder's Rights, Trademarks
Law 21.355 entered into force in Chile on May 9, 2022 and modified The Industrial Property Law 19.039 from 1991. This modification has brought important changes such as the incorporation of non-traditional trademarks, and the cancellation action for non-use or...
by Unión Andina de Patentes | Jan 25, 2022 | Patents and Plant Breeder's Rights
The road to success for a company is usually complex, but a good help comes from the hand of utility patents, which are also known as utility models in Peru. These protect the technological advantage that a company has developed and by which it will differentiate...
by Unión Andina de Patentes | Oct 11, 2021 | Patents and Plant Breeder's Rights
The average global age is increasing. Today more and more people are in their 60s and this opened a new market associated with assistive technology. It is a growing niche not only in terms of global sales volume, but also in terms of invention and patent registration....
by Unión Andina de Patentes | Sep 30, 2021 | Patents and Plant Breeder's Rights
Any of the COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Sinopharm, has a registered patent. It is an invention protection that is now at the center of the global debate. Patents for COVID-19 vaccines offer recognition to the entire research and...
by Unión Andina de Patentes | Sep 1, 2021 | Patents and Plant Breeder's Rights
Peru was ranked 76 in the Global Innovation Index 2020[1], a joint study between the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Cornell University. To achieve the goal of advancing in that ranking, Peru needs to make a leap in several categories over the next...
