Contribution to CT Corsearch’s Blog

Contribution to CT Corsearch’s Blog

Mariano Municoy http://www.trademarksandbrands.com

During last year, Mr. Mariano Municoy contributed to CT Cosearch’s Blog, Trademark and Brands, as guest blogger.
Below you will find the links to his posts.

1 – Trademark Clearance in Latin America: Why, When and How to Search
This is the introducton to the series of blog posts that also summarizes the reasons why U.S. business are becoming more interested in Latin America, which represents some challenges too.

2 – Basic Differences Between U.S. and Latin American Trademark Laws
This second post points out some of the basic differences between U.S. and Latin American trademark laws and regimes relevent to the topic.

3 – The Importance of Conducting Trademark Searches Before Filing and/or Importing Into Latin America
This third post highlights some concrete legal and commercial risks to be detected by TM searches

4 – Conducting Trademark Searches in Latin America
This last post introduces some basic facts to be taken into account when designing a TM search in Latin America as well as provides a summary of the most common strategies involving screening, phonetic (word) and figurative (design) searches.