We have discussed the Yearly Tax on Legal Entities in several several different occasions. This is a tax levied since 2012 on legal persons in Costa Rica (the prime examples being “sociedades anónimas” or corporations and limited liability companies), payable in January of every year. The tax
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As of April 24, 2014, several new important changes practice before the Costa Rican Patent Office regarding Patents of Invention, Designs and Industrial Models & Utility Models came into effect. The amendment is notable for introducing new formal and substantive changes to payment of annuities, prosecution and
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The Legal Persons Tax Law of Costa Rica that became effective on April 1st of 2012 established a 6-month period of grace under which owners of corporations that have been inactive for the prior 24 months before the tax authorities may transfer any real estate held in
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Thanks to the international harmonizing trend in IP laws, the procedure for registration and protection of patents of invention, trademarks and other IP rights is fairly standardized in Costa Rica and Latin America in comparison to the rest of the world. Most of the basic considerations regarding
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by Luis Acuna, Asesores Legales en Propiedad Industrial (ALPI), Costa Rica The merits of granting a request to suspend prosecution of a pending trademark, service mark or trade name application before the Costa Rican Industrial Property Registry has traditionally been evaluated in a case-by-case basis. No clear
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As we have informed our clients and friends in the past, the Costa Rican Legislature passed a new tax on corporate entities that will take effect on April, 2012. You may read a basic overview about the tax in the following article: Yearly Tax on Legal Entities
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