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 […]
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.
Intellectual Property in the Caribbean: Novelties that are harmonizing Intellectual Property Laws in the region By Emilio Valverde, IDEAS We live in a highly-globalized society, our world is becoming more and more connected and the businesses demand flexibility, speed, and innovation in order to achieve extremely innovating requirements. On despite […]
A group of Costa Rican congress members has introduced a bill that seeks to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the country. The bill, which was developed with the help of the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT-4, will now be reviewed by a congressional committee. The committee will analyze the proposal, interview expert teams, make revisions, and determine whether it advances to plenary discussion.