Provides advice on IPR protection, including information on the registration of patents and trademarks.
Last Published: 9/30/2019
In 2018, Peru made significant progress in IPR protections. Peruvian law provides the same protections for U.S. companies as for Peruvian companies in all IPR categories under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and other international commitments, such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS). In 2018, Peru joined two additional intellectual property (IP) treaties -the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks and the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH)- and passed a law to provide for secondary trademark liability against third parties in 2018, bolstering its already strong IPR protection framework. The Government of Peru signed a Memorandum of Understanding with WIPO in 2018 to design directives and guidelines committing Peru to respect, value, and use the IP system in line with WIPO standards.  The GOP is also working with WIPO to develop a National Policy for Intellectual Property (PNPI), to further strengthen Peru’s IP policy framework In addition to INDECOPI, IPR enforcement also involves other GOP agencies and offices: INDECOPI, the Public Ministry (Fiscalia), the Peruvian National Police (PNP), the Tax and Customs Authority (SUNAT), the Ministry of Production (PRODUCE), the Judiciary and the Ministry of Health’s (MINSA) Directorate General for Medicines (DIGEMID). The Government of Peru increased enforcement actions in 2018, more than doubling the number of seizures of counterfeit goods from 2017 and continued to be a leader in fighting online piracy. Peru is also a signatory of the Paris Convention on Industrial Property, the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Sound Recordings, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Brussels Convention on the Distribution of Satellite Signals, the Universal Copyright Convention, the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Trademark Law Treaty, the Marrakesh VIP Treaty, and the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1991 UPOV Convention). INDECOPI continues to be the most engaged GOP agency and is a reliable partner for the USG, the private sector, and civil society. The Peruvian interagency also demonstrated advances in coordination, training, and public outreach although counterfeit and pirated products are widely available in Peru.
Contact for More Information on Intellectual Property
U.S. Department of Commerce (U.S. Embassy Lima, Peru)
U.S. Commercial Service Lima
3230 Lima Place
Washington, DC 20521
Tel.: (511) 618-2442
E-mail: USPTOAndeanRegion@trade.gov
Staff:
  • Ann Chaitovitz, Regional Intellectual Property Attaché
  • Silvia Solis, Intellectual Property Legal Specialist
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U.S. Department of Commerce (Washington,D.C.)
14th & ConstitutionAvenue ,N.W.  Room C-300
Washington, D.C. 20230
Matthew Gaisford, Peru Desk Officer
Email: matthew.gaisford@trade.gov
Tel.: (202) 482-0057
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