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COLOMBIA\u00a0| Patents, Regulatory |\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>Declaration of Public Interest for Hepatitis-C antivirals in Colombia begins:\u00a0some pharmaceutical companies have already been notified<\/u><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Further to the OM Weekly Digest published on 5 January 2018<\/a><\/span>\u00a0-and in which we informed that the Colombian Government issued a Resolution\u00a0(5146\/2017<\/a><\/span>) announcing that it will evaluate if there are\u00a0reasons for a Declaration of Public Interest -DIP- (seeking a Compulsory License -CL-) regarding direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis C-, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is apparently notifying pharmaceutical companies it suspects may have patents covering Hep-C medicines, without actually identifying those patents.<\/p>\n

This information is based on the communications received by some pharma companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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COLOMBIA\u00a0<\/u>| Corporate Law,\u00a0Data Privacy | Deadline to register databases in Colombia\u00a0is expiring<\/u><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On 31 January 2018 expires the deadline to\u00a0register Colombian databases in the National Database Registration System (RNBD in Spanish)\u00a0-managed by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC)-<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0Registration must be\u00a0done by natural persons, private legal entities and mixed economy companies registered in chambers of commerce.<\/p>\n

According to Law 1581\/2012, companies not complying with the registration\u00a0may incur in sanctions like fines up to 2000 Colombian legal monthly minimum wages (US$ 500.000), suspension of databases related-activities for up to\u00a06 months and -in some cases- temporary or definitive company closure.<\/p>\n

However, there is the possibility that -for 3rd time-, the registration period will be extended.\u00a0 Considering that -according to SIC’s statistics- only 25% of all private companies\u00a0(and 1% of natural persons)\u00a0have complied with the registration procedure.<\/p>\n

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ARGENTINA | Trademarks, Patents | Argentina simplifies trademark opposition proceedings: also streamlines\u00a0patent and industrial design prosecution<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

On 10 January 2018,\u00a0the Government of Argentina issued Decree 27\/2018, through which simplified several administrative procedures (including patents, trademark and industrial design prosecution)<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Regarding trademarks, the opposition procedure was simplified.\u00a0\u00a0Until now there was a 1 year-term for parties to resolve an opposition filed by a 3rd person,\u00a0 -and in case of non-agreement- the lapsing of the trademark application is declared unless the applicant completes pre-trial mediation proceedings and, if unsuccessful, sues the opponent before the Federal Courts.\u00a0 Now, the parties have a 3 months term to reach an agreement, and if they fail to do so the Argentine Patent and Trademark Office (INPI in Spanish) will issue a ruling in a procedure yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

In relation to patents, the time for requesting substantive examination was shortened from 36 to 18 months from the application’s filing date.\u00a0 Additionally, priority documents and Powers of Attorney (as well as their translation into Spanish, according to the case) must be submitted only if the examiner requests them in the course of substantive examination.<\/p>\n

Finally, industrial designs prosecution was simplified,\u00a0and now allows multiple applications (including divisional) filings.\u00a0Also, the presentation of photographs is already accepted and the renewal procedure\u00a0was streamlined -now being possible within the last six months of the design\u2019s lifetime and also granting\u00a0a six-month grace term counting from the industrial design’ expiration date.<\/p>\n

Some of the new decree provisions became effective on 12 January 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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BRAZIL\u00a0|\u00a0Intellectual Property\u00a0| Sao Paulo (Brazil) now has an IP and Unfair Competition specialized Court<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On 5 December 2017,\u00a0the S\u00e3o Paulo Appellate Court created 2\u00a0Special Lower Courts for Business and Disputes relating to Arbitration<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

According to Resolution 763\/2016, both Courts will\u00a0have jurisdiction over\u00a0intellectual property, unfair competition and arbitration issues (copyright lawsuits were excluded).\u00a0 It’s competence will be only for new cases.<\/p>\n

The creation of the new\u00a0Courts\u00a0is relevant, considering that the Sao Paulo\u00a0Court of Appeals concentrates a relevant percentage of all Brazilian patent and trademark infringements lawsuits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CHILE\u00a0|\u00a0Patents, Trademarks\u00a0| Chilean IP Office will digitize its procedures<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Starting 8 January 2018,\u00a0the Chilean Patent and Trademark Office (INAPI in Spanish)\u00a0launched a pilot initiative that will make it\u00a0a “paperless” agency<\/a><\/span>, digitizing all its procedures.\u00a0 The foregoing, in order to benefit the environment, improve users safety and expedite prosecution duration.<\/p>\n

INAPI expects to complete its pilot project during February 2018, at which point -except unexpected inconveniences- the\u00a0program will come into force definitively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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