< strong > Intellectual property specialists have an opportunity to gain an understanding of Panamanian copyright legislation < / strong >

Members of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), an American association of lawyers specialized in intellectual property issues with more than 125 years of existence, undertook a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) and held a meeting with Eric Velasco, National Director of Copyright and part of his work team.

The aim of this meeting was to illustrate the roles of the MiCultura's National Copyright Office and to share experiences with the law of both countries and with respect to challenges currently faced by copyright as a result of artificial intelligence.

A discussion about the alternatives that countries can offer from their current copyright regulations to protecting creations by artificial intelligence was held as part of this session.

The opportunity was also good for an opportunity to explain to visitors about the protection afforded by Panamanian law to the collective rights of indigenous groups.

For their part, international visitors expressed their satisfaction with their presence in Panama and will be used to meet with other administrative and judicial authorities related to intellectual property.

According to Eric Velasco, this visit "represented a valuable opportunity to get to know about the US copyright system and how its authorities have addressed challenges that new technologies face."

The international delegation was headed by Brian Batzli, president of AIPLA, Patrick J. Coyne, former president of this union and partner of Merchant & Gould and Edwin Molino of the Panamanian forensic firm Jiménez, Molino and Moreno.