Technical Assistance Database: Activity Details

Title: Eighth Regional Meeting WIPO/OEPM/EPO of IT Specialists and Management of Patent Information of Industrial Property Offices in Latin America (LATIPAT Project)
Description: The main purpose of this meeting would be to continue the process of strengthening the capacities of offices to foster the information exchange in the region, and in particular to implement actions to increase the current coverage of existing patent information in the LATIPAT database (incorporate information associated with the legal, citation data and search, and examination reports) and develop effective coordination mechanisms between LATIPAT, PATENTSCOPE and INVENES platforms.
Type: Meeting
IP Subject Area: Multiple IP Fields
WIPO Sector: Division for Latin America and the Caribbean
Date From: 05/11/2012 - 07/11/2012
Venue City: Medellin
Venue/Host Country: Colombia
Activity held in Language: Spanish

Beneficiary / Participant Countries
Country Name No. of Members / Participants
Argentina 1
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1
Chile 1
Colombia
Costa Rica 1
Dominican Republic 1
Ecuador 1
El Salvador 1
Nicaragua 1
Panama 1
Peru 1
Uruguay 1
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1
Total Number of Participants:  12

Owner / Requester
Owner / Requester Name Owner / Requester Type
World Intellectual Property Organization IGO

Organizer
Organizer Name Organizer Type
European Patent Office (EPO) IGO
Superintendencia de Industria Y Comercio de Colombia Member State / IP Office
OEPM Member State / IP Office