IP News from the Southern Cone

Kat friend Fredy Sánchez Merino brings us another review of recent IP developments in Latin America, this time with a focus on the Southern Cone. PERÚ. The Peruvian Copyright Office (DDA) has released interesting information regarding its activities for 2018, including the blocking of 15 webpages due to copyright infringement and the seizure of illegal copyrighted material, valued at approximately USD 6,770,000. Additionally, there was an increase of 28% in the number of registered works. Note that the Peruvian copyright registry is merely declarative, there being no mandatory registration for the acquisition of exclusive rights. CHILE. Roquefort has been acknowledged as a denomination of origin by the Chilean National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI). This is good news for the French General Confederation of Roquefort, this being the first French DO recognized in Chile. This recognition will allow the most legally secure commercialization…

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