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 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.
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.
The launch of preliminary CEPA negotiations reflects the two governments’ shared aspirations to promote bilateral economic relations, boost investment and trade exchanges, expedite the flow of goods, facilitate market access and create new joint investments and projects in priority sectors.
The project «Aligning the Financial Flows of Costa Rican Financial Sector with the Climate Change Objectives of the Paris Agreement» was presented to support Costa Rica’s goal of achieving zero-emissions by 2050.
The project will create a framework to map, quantify, and disclose climate-related financial risks.
President of Costa Rica signs decree that speeds up the sanitary registration of medicines On June 22, 2022, the president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, signed an executive decree that speeds up the registration processes of sanitary registrations of medicines that have already been approved by the United States Food […]