Harmonization of Norms or Concentration in Trademark Registration Processes? The Andean Community Model

Harmonization of Norms or Concentration in Trademark Registration Processes? The Andean Community Model

A trademark registration system concentrated in an international entity? A system of normative harmonization without concentration of registration functions? Reduce the scope of competence and management of local offices? Standardize applicable rules? Or absolute territoriality? These questions are discussed in several countries in Latin America, where the Andean Community model is a reference, a scheme that, without proposing registration concentration in an entity or country, favors the dialectic system through predictability, in several jurisdictions, through harmonized standards. Speakers will present on this system and the aspects that highlight it, the strengths and opportunities for improvement.