Published originally at Washington College of Law. Although the word open might imply access, many times, it does not imply transmission, reproduction, or re-use of material, as seen currently with most government open data and recently discussed at the GovDatax event.[1] Recent laws require the federal government to make their […]
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On April 18, 2017, Andrés Izquierdo, Founding Partner of the firm, made a presentation on Intellectual Property and the future of the Entertainment Industry, addressing specifically the Video On Demand business of companies as Netflix, Amazon, HBO or Hulu, and its new participation in the world television market. The presentation […]
El pasado 18 de abril de 2017, el abogado Andrés Izquierdo, Founding Partner de la firma, hizo una presentación sobre Propiedad Intelectual y el futuro de la Industria del Entretenimiento, en el que abordó el caso de los Video On Demand como Netflix, Amazon, HBO o Hulu, y su nueva […]
The British firm Chambers & Partners for third year recognizes Andrés Izquierdo as a leading consultant in the Chambers Latin America Guide 2017: “Andrés Izquierdo is well recognized for his copyright work within the Intellectual Property market, particularly on matters related to the entertainment sector.” Chambers & Partners identifies the leading lawyers and law […]
Infraestructura del Derecho de Autor en el entorno audiovisual colombiano, nuevas formas de licenciamiento de contenidos y TDT Colombia adelanta una reforma a sus normatividad de Derechos de Autor, fundamentalmente para cumplir con los compromisos adquiridos recientemente con las firmas de un grupo de Tratados de Libre Comercio con diferentes […]
ISP liability on child pornography for Colombia Law 679 of 2001, “statute to prevent and to counter the exploitation, pornography and child sex tourism” in Article 7 establishes that the providers or servers, the administrators and Internet users are prohibited to: a) have at their sites images, texts and documents […]
ENTREVISTA UNIMINUTO Tutor de UNIMINUTO líder en propiedad intelectual Carlos Andrés Jurado Vásquez, Profesional de Comunicaciones, Dirección de comunicaciones, [email protected] Bogotá, D.C. Diciembre de 2014. En su proceso de selección “Chambers and Partners” tiene en cuenta cualidades tales como la capacidad técnica legal, conducta profesional, servicio al cliente, la diligencia y el compromiso, […]
Personal Image Right in Colombia Image rights, also called right of publicity in the United States, has turned into a very important topic in the new social media environment. 1. Constitutional Rights The right to self-image is part of personality rights, it protects the moral worth of the individual, protects […]
Amazon’s E-books European Union Antitrust Investigation The European Commission just opened a formal antitrust investigation to Amazon for their distribution of e-books. As investigated before with Apple and five international publishing houses (Penguin Random House, Hachette Livres, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Georg von Holtzbrinck Verlagsgruppe), the current investigation will […]
Avances en agenda digital: Transformando el desafío transatlántico La economía digital ofrece a Europa y Estados Unidos grandes oportunidades de crecimiento económico, especialmente, si ambos mercados están interconectados en un único mercado transatlántico. Pero esta unificación no es sencilla, debido a que en la actualidad hay temas regulatorios comunes no […]
PIJIP Res. Paper: Intellectual Property Reform in Colombia PIJIP Research Paper no. 2013-02 Click here to download the full paper. Authors: Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic in Collaboration with Andrés Izquierdo and Fundación Karisma. American University, Washington College of Law Introduction: In January 2013, the Colombian Constitutional Court struck down on procedural […]
