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Trademark, patent and copyright protection in Mercado Libre
By Espinosa Bellido Abogados
The National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) of Peru has signed a trademark protection agreement with Mercado Libre, Latin America’s top e-commerce platform.
“Through this agreement, both institutions seek to protect the rights of trademarks, patents and copyrights in electronic commerce. Both institutions have compromise to carry out joint actions in order to safeguard in an effective, simple and agile manner, the rights of intellectual property in the digital environment,” Indecopi stated in a press release.
The region's most popular e-commerce site by number of visitors, Mercado Libre is an Argentine company incorporated in the United States that operates online marketplaces dedicated to e-commerce and online auction.
Indecopi will now have direct control and access in Peru to suspend Mercado Libre’s accounts and users that infringe IP rights, contributing to its main principle of consumers defense.
Espinosa Bellido Abogados
The Industrial Property work of Estudio Francisco Espinosa Bellido Abogados started in 1941 with Dr. Francisco Espinosa Sánchez, father of current senior partner Dr. Francisco Espinosa Bellido and grandfather of current partner Dr. Francisco Espinosa Reboa.
In its 69 years of outstanding legal work the firm has represented the interests of several national and international clients, companies and foreign correspondents obtaining and defending their industrial property rights in Peru, while also displaying an active and remarkable participation in the direction of professional associations in our speciality.
We specialize in counselling, prosecution and litigation in trademarks, patents, trade names, slogans, industrial designs, copyright, domain names, enforcement of those rights as well as unfair competition.
