by Santiago Suarez | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19
Intellectual Property/ Competitors/ Costumer Suspension of terms Colombian Trademark Office 03/04/2020 The government of Colombia declared a State of Economic, Social and Ecological Emergency on March 17, 2020 through Decree 417 for a period of 30 days (April 15). In...
by Santiago Suarez | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19
Litigation/ Arbitration Measures taken by the Ministry of Justice and Law with regard to the Health Emergency 29/03/2020 The Ministry of Justice and Law through Decree 491 of March 28, 2020, adopted the following decisions during the Health Emergency period: The...
by Santiago Suarez | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19
Labor Instructions by the Financial Superintendence of Colombia related to the request of severance allowances 31/03/2020 External Circular Letter 013 of 2020 (March 30, 2020) The Financial Superintendence of Colombia issued instructions related to the request and...
by Santiago Suarez | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19
Real Estate/ Urban The urban curatorship of Bogotá suspended the terms for applications for urban planning licenses 27/03/2020 In accordance with what is ordered by the Superintendency of Notaries and Registration through Circular number 325 of March 24, 2020, the...
by Santiago Suarez | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19
Technology/ Communications/ Data Protection The Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (the “SIC”) forbade the use of digital or manual fingerprints for personal data processing under Covid 27/03/2020 The SIC issued Circular 002 of 2020, whereby it ordered...
by Santiago Suarez | Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19
Health Registrations INVIMA provides new virtual of attention channels since COVID-19 27/03/2020 Starting Monday, March 30, INVIMA’S Citizen Attention Office, will not be receiving procedures in person unless it is strictly necessary. However, the guidelines for in...
