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Strengthening regional intellectual property policies in Central America
By Eproint
Ministers and deputy ministers of El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic concluded the VII Ministerial Meeting of Central America and the Dominican Republic on Intellectual Property, in which they committed to design public policies that incorporate intellectual property as a key axis in the development of the region.The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Daren Tang, gave the main conference of the meeting, which was entitled "The use of the intellectual property (IP) system as a tool for growth and sustainable development. The IP system for the benefit of all people”.
The meeting, held from March 21 to 23, was attended by Andrea Abigail Pérez de Novoa, General Director of Innovation and Competitiveness of the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador.
Víctor Bisonó , Minister of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM) of the Dominican Republic and host of the meeting, stressed that one of the main actions that the country is taking to strengthen intellectual property is to promote the National Strategy for Modern Services to improve competitiveness of MSMEs. In addition, he mentioned the reduction of procedures in the registration of trademarks and other distinctive signs.
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In El Salvador, Practice Head Edy Guadalupe Portal is a partner at Eproint and has more than 25 years of experience in Intellectual Property. Since 1995, she has been recognized as the Salvadoran voice of Intellectual Property protection for always informing the IP community about changes to IP law and international treaties.
During her career, Mrs. Portal has helped numerous international law firms and in-house counsel with all facets of their IP matters in El Salvador and Central America. Her extensive practice includes work in trademarks, patents, industrial designs, utility models, copyrights, unfair competition, foreign investment, regulatory law/health registrations, licensing, franchising, appellations of origin, geographical indications, IP litigation, fashion law, new technologies, data privacy, cybersecurity, domain names, entertainment law, advertisement law, trade secrets, valuation of intangibles, and IP due diligence. She is also recognized for the great anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting results she has delivered for her clients. She also helps coordinate Latin America Intellectual Property Protection for the firm.