THE ACADEMY

The Academy had a successful first semester in 2023. Below, we provide details of the activities carried out, as well as the upcoming courses scheduled for both the second semester of 2023 and the first semester of 2024. Many thanks to the entire Council, coordinators, speakers and students who contribute to the continuous growth and consolidation of the Academy.

In the first semester of 2023, ASIPIACADEMY successfully conducted the following courses:

• Course on “Trademark Law in the Digital Environment”, organized for the School of Judicial Studies of Guatemala. The following speakers participated in the course: Marco Palacios (Guatemala), Hugo

Gómez (Peru), Gustavo García Britos (Bolivia), Estela de Luca (Argentina), Luis Baz (Spain) and María José Lamus (Colombia). Over 160 magistrates attended.

• Course on “Fashion Law”, organized by the Fashion Law Committee. The course consisted of 7 modules and achieved a record-breaking participation of 73 registered attendees. The speakers were: Sussy Bello Knoll (Argentina), Annalucia Fasson (Peru), Pamela Echeverría (Argentina), Beatriz Ayala (Venezuela), Begoña Cancino (Mexico), Daniela Moreira (Ecuador), Marlena Jankowska (Poland), Olivera Medenica (United States), Enrique Ortega Burgos (Spain), Christian Videl (Chile), Carolina Albanese (Argentina), Mariana Santos (Spain), Karina Calderón (Guatemala) and José Roberto Herrera (Colombia).

• Furthermore, within the framework of the ASIPI Seminar in Quito, THE ACADEMY organized the forum “Ibero-American Jurisprudential Dialogue on Intellectual Property”, in collaboration with the Court of Justice of the Andean Community. The speakers were magistrates Gustavo García Brito (Bolivia), Edgardo Ettlin (Uruguay), Ramiro Bustamante Zegarra (Peru), Luis Antonio Soler Pascual (Spain), Hugo Gómez Apac (Peru), Iñigo Salvador Crespo (Ecuador). There were over 120 registered participants.

For the second semester or academic year 2023-2, the following courses are planned to be launched:

1) “Jurisprudential Advances in Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs”, organized by the Harmonization and Advancement of Jurisprudence Committee; Patents Committee; and Industrial Designs and Trade Dress Committee;

• Course on “Legal Aspects of the Audiovisual Industry”, organized by the Copyright Law Committee. The course had 10 modules and a participation of 72 attendees. The speakers were: Nicolás Celis (Mexico), Carolina Romero (Colombia), Inés de Casas (Spain), Eduardo Varela (Colombia), Mabel Klimt (Spain), Patricia Rengifo (Colombia), Christopher Jardon (Mexico), Alfredo Corral (Ecuador), Federico Duret (Spain), Fernando Epstein (Uruguay), Rafael Ortin (Venezuela) and Virginia Servent (Guatemala).

2) “Digital Marketing”, organized jointly with AIB Colombia and led by the Administration of Law Firms Committee.

On the other hand, a collaboration agreement was signed between the Organization of American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and ASIPI, in the fields related to promoting Digital Culture and Intellectual Property actions in Ibero-America, through the Ibero-American Chair of Digital Culture and Intellectual Property (University of Alicante-OEI), with the aim of jointly promoting initiatives and actions related to the protection of the Intellectual Property of creators and artists in Ibero-America, particularly in digital environments.

Finally, for the first academic year 2024-1, we are working on two proposals:

1) “Jurisprudential Advances in Copyright Law” and

2) “Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin.