The activity aimed to initiate a regional discussion on the legal, procedural and practical treatment of provisional measures in relation to patents and trade marks.

Towards a sustainable hydrogen market in Latin America. The Smart IP for Latin America (SIPLA) Annual Conference was held as a forum for meeting and discussion, bringing together specialists, authorities, academia and industry to address strategic challenges for the region and advance evidence-based approaches.

The event brought together experts from academia, industry and the regulatory sector to examine the legal, operational and institutional challenges of circularity in strategic sectors.

As part of the research project on copyright and compensation for transformative uses, a webinar was held on YouTube, and a workshop took place at the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción in Chile.

Smart IP for Latin America (SIPLA) held a workshop on ‘Bio-inputs and sustainable agriculture’ at the Externado University, aimed at discussing how to strengthen an enabling regulatory framework to scale up green solutions in the agricultural sector. The exchange began with a shared diagnosis: regulatory fragmentation and limited access to financing continue to hinder the adoption and expansion of bio-inputs, despite their potential for more resilient and sustainable agriculture in the region.

Smart IP for Latin America (SIPLA) held a workshop at the Externado University of Colombia (Bogotá) linked to the project ‘Intellectual Property, Regulation and Innovation in Hydrogen Technologies in Latin America’, a forum for discussion that brought together legal and technological perspectives to analyse how the region can accelerate the deployment of green hydrogen with appropriate regulatory tools and strategic intellectual property management.