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AsIPI
tHERE HAs BEEn PARtICULAR DEBAtE oVER tHE MADRID
PRotoCoL, WHosE MAIn oBJECtIVE Is to sIMPLIfY
IntERnAtIonAL tRADEMARK REGIstRAtIons
of America modifi ed the position on US countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, biotechnology and nanotechnology, as well as
Patent and Trademark Offi ce (USPTO) fraud Ecuador, Peru, Surinam, Colombia and Uruguay. copyright in the digital environment and the
in its Bose Corporation case. In the past, the Th is project would be initially administered by resolution of disputes. Border measures, and
simple circumstance of a false statement that Uruguay’s National Investigations Agency (ANI). reviews of TRIPs and the Trademark Law Treaty
the declarant knew or should have known was Th e WIPO could potentially become the project’s
(TLT) will also occupy the association.
fraudulent was enough to prove fraud. Now, administrator as other countries become part of
there needs to be evidence of malice or intention this initiative.
by the declarant to defraud the USPTO.
Fernando Triana is the president of ASIPI. He can
ASIPI faces challenges in the future. It has a new
be contacted at: tum@tumnet.com
For ASIPI, developing closer relations with executive committee, which will govern and
international bodies such as the WIPO, ICANN represent the association for three years.
and BID, as well as with local authorities
Th e new executive committee comprises:
responsible for intellectual property matters, is
of fundamental importance for developing its
Fernando Triana, president (Colombia)
objectives. ASIPI has participated in numerous
Ileana del Carmen Martinelli, fi rst vice president
international meetings to discuss specifi c topics
(Panama)
critical to intellectual property development
and enhancement. It has recently executed
María del Pilar Troncoso, second vice president
co-operation agreements with local authorities in
(Dominican Republic)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Juan Vanrell, secretary (Uruguay)
Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, México, Panama,
Rafael Covarrubias, treasurer (Chile)
Fernando Triana
Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic,
Elisabeth Siemsen do Amaral, director (Brazil)
Uruguay and Venezuela. Fernando Triana is president of the Inter-
Juan Berton Moreno, director (Argentina)
American Association of Intellectual Property
On September 3, ASIPI hosted a dinner in
Justin Young, director (United States) (ASIPI), and partner and head of the
Montevideo for the directors and offi cials of
Martín Michaus, immediate past president (Mexico)
litigation department of the law fi rm Triana,
several American intellectual property authorities. Uribe & Michelsen, in Bogotá, Colombia. He
Th e main purpose of this meeting was the Inter- ASIPI will work together with this new executive has practised in the fi eld of industrial and
American Development Bank’s interest in funding committee to address the major issues on its
intellectual property law for 26 years.
a database of cases from nine Latin-American agenda: the development of green technology,
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