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Trademarks
Hot Topics in Trademark Law from around the Globe
Latin America: Plain Packaging Status
Santiago R. O’Conor Partner
44th Annual Meeting
New York, September
11-13, 2016
Buenos Aires-Argentina
AGENDA
Chile
Ecuador
Uruguay
:
Health and sustainability
conscience
Latin America’s population:
605.353.428 millions
GENERAL REMARKS:
PP IN LatAm
LatAm is not set apart from the two global positions:
SPECIFIC REFERENCE
TO TOBACCO
AND
“Plain Packs Protect” (www.plainpacksprotect.co.uk)
“Hands Off Our Packs” (www.handsoffourpacks.com)
MORE
§ Packages less attractive
§ Increase effectiveness of health warnings
§ Prevent the use of misleading and deceptive colours
§ Remove possitive association
PLAIN PACKAGING
Strong Limitations to IP Rights.
Violates IP Intl. Treaties
Move away the investment in IP
which is the engine of commerce
Prosperity for people and countries
Develops counterfeiting
Tax issues
Do consumers need a Nanny?
NON-PLAIN PACKAGING
Preliminary Status: § Argentina § Colombia § Mexico § Peru § Brazil § Cuba
Advanced Status: § Chile § Ecuador § Uruguay
COUNTRIES INVOLVED
§ Argentina: - Law Nº 26.667 - Advertising of Tobacco Products
§ Brazil: - Federal Law Nº 9.294/1996 - PP Bill Nº 103/2014 (Pending) - ABPI: Strong Rejection § Colombia: - Law Nº 1335/2009
- Resolution Nº 3961/2009
PRELIMINARY STATUS
§ Cuba: - No Legislation - WTO Panel – (Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Honduras, Indonesia and Ukraine)
§ Mexico: - Tobacco Control Law (2008) - Two Bills on PP (2013 and 2016) (Pending)
§ Peru: - No PP Bill - Andean Pact Country: Art 134 - Plaguicides
PRELIMINARY STATUS
§ Chile: - Tobacco Law Nº19.419. - Bill Nº 8.886-11 (Major Changes) - Food Labelling
ADVANCED STATUS
§ Ecuador: - No PP regulation - High Impact Legislation on Tobacco advertising - Risk of PP on Pharmaceutical
Industry à “Generics” § Uruguay: - ICSIDà Philips Morris vs. Uruguay - Preliminary Status
- PP as from 2017 - And More à Food and Alcohol Labelling
ADVANCED STATUS
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Packaging/No-plain-food-packaging-plans-says-UK-but-what-about-alcohol`
LIMITS TO IP
http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html
LIMITS TO IP
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/42432421465279868/
LIMITS TO IP
http://https://www.pinterest.com/jc205223/packaging-design/
LIMITS TO IP
EQUILIBRIUM
§ Educational Campaigns!
§ Health Warnings
§ Tax Increases (?)
SOLUTION TO A
POSSIBLE ENDLESS
SITUATION
POSITIVE IDEAS Concentration
and Thought
Victory! Good Laugh!
Joy and pride of Cuban Cigars
Equilibrium and Stand by Positive Ideas and not drastic
measures for a solution not to affect IP rights and thus
countries development and progress
THANK YOU! ¡MUCHAS GRACIAS!
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