Intellectual Property
Chile's PDI seized over 37,000 pirated books on March 26 from three shops in Santiago's Galería Comercial San Diego, valued at an estimated $1.4 billion pesos. The raid followed a complaint from publishers affiliated with the Corporación del Libro y la Lectura. Two people were arrested for infringing intellectual property law.
Imeripotiwa na AI
A Delhi High Court division bench has dismissed Peru's appeal for exclusive Geographical Indication (GI) rights over ‘Pisco’ brandy in India. The court upheld a single judge's order classifying it as ‘Peruvian Pisco’ and ‘Chilean Pisco’. It termed the dispute a “Tale of Two Countries.”
The Central Sulawesi Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights has registered copyrights for 37 works owned by the provincial Language Center throughout 2025. This achievement stems from inter-agency collaboration to safeguard intellectual property. The office head emphasized the importance of legal protection for regional cultural works.