Newsletter - Latin America IP SME Helpdesk

The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk team would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a good start into a healthy and successful New Year. We'll be back in January with more IP updates, resources and training events in 2022. Stay safe and enjoy the holiday season!

With this article, we are saying goodbye to this very special year. Before the Christmas celebrations begin, now is the right time to take stock of the biggest news that we have covered for you throughout 2021 regarding Intellectual Property in Latin America.

The healthcare sector is a highly innovative and challenging industry where ground-breaking products and technologies need to stay ahead of the competition. Research and development efforts made for pharmaceutical products, medical technologies, equipment and devices help avoid unlawful copying, misappropriation or even the loss of the right. In order to be protected against these, different IP rights or mechanisms are needed, such as patents, trade secrets or industrial designs. This webinar, organised by Enrich in LAC in cooperation with the Latin America IP SME Helpdesk, will provide those EU SMEs interested in internationalising to Latin America with an overview of the most important IP tools in the sector.

The Intellectual Property system arises as an opportunity to turn those innovative ideas, creative designs and other intangible assets into valuable business assets, which can be transferred, licensed or used as collateral to obtain financing, as we will see throughout this guide.

IPR-intensive industries account for most of the EU trade worldwide and generate a trade surplus for the EU economy. Therefore, it is vital for those EU businesses considering to operate or already operating in Latin America to design an appropriate identification and managing strategy to fully benefit from the exploitation of their IP assets. This guide will help you better understand the relevance of IPRs and it will provide some useful tips on how to implement an IP identification and management strategy.

The Helpline service provides first-line assistance on Intellectual Property protection and IP rights enforcement in Latin America. All questions sent through this service will receive a tailor-made answer by our IP experts or it will be signposted to appropriate organisations within no more than 3 working days.