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INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES: MYTHS, FACTS, AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES

Although it is undeniable that the Internet is largely responsible for the cultural development we have witnessed in recent years, it is also undeniable that, for years, it has put the copyright system on the ropes. Obviously, the current situation cannot be compared to what happened years ago -when pirates stopped sailing the seas to … Read more

TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS ON THE RISE IN 2020: SPTO BALANCE

RADEMARKS AND PATENTS SPTO 2020

Miguel de Cervantes used to say “Where one door shuts, another opens”, and this statement seems to be in line with the provisional balance of the data offered by the SPTO after this atypical 2020: although the pandemic was believed to have stopped this type of progress, the number of utility model, trademark, trade name … Read more

20 YEARS OF THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY'S INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW AND IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY'S COURT OF JUSTICE

HE ANDEAN COMMUNITY'S INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW

Colombia is part of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), along with Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. The CAN emerged as a subregional integrationist process in May, 1969. Venezuela was also a member but withdrew in 2006, and Chile signed the pact as well, but also withdrew early. Its goal was to promote the balanced and … Read more