According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry there are currently 47,662 existing brands in the country.
"Applications and procedures for registration of a trademark also reported an increase of 17.2%.
Of the 11,226 trademark applications that were filed in 2011, there were 9,287 approved. The total number of trademarks registered in the official entity is 47,662", reported Prensa.com.
Source: Prensa.com
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June 2009
The brand registry grew by 66.8% with respect to last year, driven in part by low registration costs.
This growth is not free from disputes, which occur when a company opposes the registration of a brand on behalf of another, and that can touch off a long judicial process.
March 2011
The Spanish company began the process of registering its trademark in Costa Rica.
Telefónica, with extensive coverage in Latin America, began the process of registering its trademark in Costa Rica before the Industrial Property Registry.
Telefónica was awarded the third block of phone frequencies from the tender done by the Costa Rican government, the more attractive block because it requires less investment in infrastructure.
December 2010
After eight months of legal limbo, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a new regulation.
The regulation goes into effect on December 14th and restates registration of new products and companies, as wells as renewals of licenses.
Prensalibre.com includes some aspects of the new rules:
November 2010
Companies asked Congress to streamline regulations governing the commercialization of their products.
The lack of regulation means many companies cannot renew the registration of their legal entities or their products.
This problem arose when the Constitutional Court suspended the agreement of the Ministry of Agriculture 127-2009, regulating imports, exports and registration of companies, fertilizer and agrochemical materials as well as registration of renewals.
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