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Colombia’s SIC Updates 2026 Industrial Property Fees, Signals AI-Driven Trade Mark Operations, and Tightens Technology-Transfer Compliance: This Is a Shift toward Integrated IP Governance

Colombia’s Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) has recently released three industrial property signals that look separate on the surface but are more revealing when read together. First, SIC has updated 2026 industrial property procedure fees: Resolution No. 103386 of 9 December 2025 adjusted the relevant 2026 fees and expressly took effect on 1 January 2026, while Resolution No. 6167 of 30 January 2026 further modified 2026 industrial property rates. Second, AI use in trade mark searching and examination is maturing quickly, with the wider IP system embedding image similarity...
Deferred publication strategy for Hague design filings in Colombia

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Colombia Opens a 30-Month Quiet Window for Hague Design Filings

Colombia’s SIC this week issued a national-stage practice guide for international industrial design registrations designating Colombia. The headline point is not merely administrative. The office has now aligned its handling with the Hague System’s deferred publication mechanism, allowing applicants to request up to 30 months of delay before the design is made public. For companies preparing a Latin American rollout, that creates something they rarely had before in the region: time to secure a filing position without immediately exposing the design to the market.That matters because design...