Legal Articles: Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design, Copyright, IPR in North America
Legal Articles in North America by Areas of Law
Legal notes to copyright registration in Brazil
Oct
Copyright registration in Brazil. Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. Brazil is one of the world’s most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world. It is a regional and middle power, and an […]
Legal notes to copyright registration in the Cayman Islands
Oct
Copyright registration in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is a self-governing British Overseas Territory, the largest by population, in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory is considered a controversial major world offshore financial haven for international businesses and wealthy individuals, largely as a result of the state not charging taxes on any income earned […]
Legal notes to copyright registration in Canada
Oct
Copyright registration in Canada. Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometers, making it the world’s second-largest country by total area. A highly developed country, Canada has the 24th highest nominal per […]
Canada will charge an excess claim fees in accordance with proposed amendments to the Patent Rules
Oct
On October 3, 2022, amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules will come into effect and add excess claim fees to the patent system (amongst other changes). Excess claim fees may be required if a Canadian patent application has more than 20 claims at the time of requesting examination or at any time after the examination is […]
New Requirement On Declarations Of Use To Maintain Trademarks Rights in Mexico
Sep
The provisions of the new Federal Industrial Property Law uphold a new requirement to maintain trademarks in force that was established as a result of an amendment to the previous Mexican Industrial Property Law (IP Law). The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property now requires trademark owners to file a Declaration of Actual and Effective Use […]
Greening Up Canadian Patent Rights By Expediting Green Technologies
Jul
The federal government released its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan on March 29, 2022. (the Plan). The Plan clearly aspires to be broad and ever-greening. It sets the tone by laying out where we are now in terms of current emissions and emissions management for key sectors like oil and gas, transportation, and agriculture; and it […]
Declaration of Mexico’s well-known trademarks
Jul
Famous and well-known trademarks have increased in importance globally in recent years. They represent the right to stop parties from registering a mark that is similar to a “well-known or renowned” trademark without the consent of the brand owner. They don’t merely stop the registration of a third party’s identical or confusingly similar trademark. The […]
New amendments to Canada’s patent rules will take effect on October 3, 2022
Jun
The previously announced final draft for revisions to the Patent Rules (Rules) was registered with the Orders in the Council of Canada on June 2, 2022, and will be published in the Canadian Gazette, Part 2 (CG2) on June 22, 2022, with most sections taking effect on October 3, 2022. The purpose of these new […]
Legal notes to patent registration in Mexico
May
Patent registration in Mexico. Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. Multiple international organizations coincide and classify Mexico as an upper-middle-income country or a middle-class country that is rising quickly on the world’s stage. Accordingly, many businesses want to enter this market and one of the most […]
Intellectual property as an opportunity for Mexico’s economic recovery following the epidemic
Apr
According to World Bank data, Latin America has been the region most affected by the epidemic, incurring tremendous negative effects on the economy. This crisis is expected to have long-term consequences on the region’s economies. In this regard, Mexico is one of the countries that has trailed the most owing to the lack of fiscal […]