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Activities prior to the start of ASIPI Bogotá On April 5 and 6, the members of the Executive Committee of the Association met in Bogotá, reporting on the tasks carried out since the Panama Conference from November of last year to the present day. Projects and activities to be carried out in the last year of management were also reviewed. On the morning of April 7, the Executive Committee met with the Host Committee of the upcoming ASIPI Congress in Rio de Janeiro that will take place from November 25 to 28, coordinating logistical aspects as well as the academic program of the event. In the afternoon there were two workshops, which had a great attendance. The Administration of Law

The IP Seminar in the Pharmaceutical Industry beings Today, ASIPI formally started the Seminar on Intellectual Property in the Pharmaceutical Industry of the 21st Century, in the beautiful city of Bogotá, Colombia. Firstly, the session of the Administrative Council was held, where the members of the Executive Committee gave an account of the work done since the last meeting up to date. Among the subjects reported, is the initiative ASIPIEMPRENDE, which seeks to take IP as a tool for entrepreneurship; the ‘Country Brand’ project; the round tables on the Trademark Impact Study in Latin America; Webinars of various topics, as well as other important advances. At noon, the Executive Committee had a working lunch with the Ex-Presidents, in order to

Great start of the academic plenary sessions in the IP Seminar With great enthusiasm started the first round of the academic panels of the ASIPI Seminar in Bogotá. The day began with the topic of “Trademarks for pharmaceutical products, where does the likelihood of confusion reside?”, developed by James A. Thomas of Merck & Co, Inc (United States); Gustavo Garcia Brito, General Secretary of the Andean Court of Justice (Ecuador) and Patricia Hernandez from Johnson & Johnson (Colombia). The panel was moderated under the direction of Maria Luisa Arce-Torrecilla de Jacobacci Coralis Harle (France). Then, the second exhibition of the day was discussed with the panelists Alejandro Luna from Olivares Law Firm (Mexico) and Ernesto Rengifo from Rengifo Lawyers (Colombia), and Mary Fernandez

The IP Seminar in the Pharmaceutical Industry concludes with resounding success On April 10th, ASIPI concluded the academic seminar of the IP Seminar in Bogotá. The coordinated panels began with the topic  “Pharmaceutical products, digital apps and big data – an environment in rapid evolution” addressed by Andrés Umaña of Microsoft (Colombia); Arturo Cuéllar from GlaxoSmithkline (Colombia) and Juanita Acosta from Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas (Colombia) as moderator. Then, the speakers Marco Matias Aleman of the World Intellectual Property Organization-WIPO (Switzerland) and Roberto Ribeiro from Sanofi (Brazil), developed the topic of “Use and abuse of patent flexibilities in the TRIPS agreement”, with the participation of Gustavo de Freitas Morais of Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler & Ipanema Moreira (Brazil) as moderator. At noon, the participants of the seminar enjoyed the lunch offered