Participation in Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property for Judges in Latin America

AL-INVEST Verde Component 3 for Intellectual Property Rights and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) will participate in the Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property for Latin American Judges.

The seminar is organised by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), in collaboration with the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).

The main objective of the seminar is to improve knowledge and cooperation between judges and prosecutors on IP issues in proceedings involving police, customs and other IP enforcement authorities.

AL-INVEST Verde IPR participation will include the assistance of the project leader as well as an expert from the Boards of Appeal (BoA) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). In particular, they will focus on the module on industrial designs, where the nature and scope of designs, the scope of protection, registrable and non-registrable designs, the rights deriving from protection and their limits and exceptions, as well as the latest developments in the field of design will be discussed.