Professional sports have evolved into a global multibillion-dollar industry, where the image of athletes is a valuable asset both for the athletes themselves and for the clubs and federations they represent. In this context, athletes’ image rights have become a subject of ongoing debate and present legal and contractual challenges that require a delicate balance between the interests of all parties involved.
IDEAS IP Management & Renewals with Clarivate Solutions Clarivate is a leading global provider of transformative intelligence. It offers enriched data, insights & analytics, workflow solutions and expert services in the area of intellectual property. Clarivate is the partner that law firms and companies rely on to transform the way […]
Costa Rica and European Unión deepen digital partnership with satellite connectivity agreement The European Union and Costa Rica have further enhanced digital connectivity and technological sovereignty with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Costa Rica’s Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) and Hispasat, a leading […]
IDEAS Expands into Central America and the Caribbean The law firm Mora Martin IP has merged with IDEAS in a strategic union that represents a milestone in the legal world and marks the beginning of a new era in the protection of intellectual property rights in Central America and the […]
Costa Rica’s Accession to Government Procurement Agreement Parties to the Government Procurement Agreement 2012 (GPA 2012) intensified negotiations on 20 March 2024, on Costa Rica’s accession to the GPA 2012 at a meeting of the Committee on Government Procurement. This was the Committee’s first meeting since Costa Rica circulated earlier […]
Costa Rica and UAE Launch Preliminary CEPA Negotiations The Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica and the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade signed a joint statement marking the launch of preliminary talks to establish a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries. The signing took […]
Costa Rica removed from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes On October 17, 2023, three jurisdictions were removed from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes: Costa Rica, British Virgin Islands and Marshall Islands. With these updates, the EU list consists of 16 jurisdictions. The […]
Costa Rican bill threatens copyright payments to music workers On April, 2023, Costa Rican Congress began the discussion of a bill that aims to further regulate copyright and related rights of musical artists, both national and foreign.The bill, titled «Cost Relief for Commercial Establishments,» No. 23,702, aims to exempt any […]
From crafting blog posts and articles to composing music, creating videos and images, developing games and code, designing marketing strategies and even producing architectural plans, the transformative power of generative AI is being widely adopted.
Costa Rica aims to develop and implement a taxonomy of sustainable finance to classify investments and economic activities that contribute to achieving the country’s climate change objectives.