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Intellectual property in Colombia, explained plainly

Featured case · Patent litigation · March 13, 2026

Constitutional Court sets landmark precedent in a patent infringement case

In Colombia, patent disputes rarely reach the Constitutional Court, given the extremely high procedural technicality required for a tutela action (constitutional injunction) against judicial decisions.

After five years of complex litigation, Tobos Abogados SAS succeeded in elevating a technical patent infringement dispute to a matter of fundamental rights. The ruling corrected the course of the proceedings to enforce our client's rights before the Bogotá Superior Court and set a precedent for the constitutional protection of intellectual property and scientific innovation in the country.

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Recent publications

Patents · PCT · October 15, 2026

PCT Rule 4.17 and the requirement for assignment of inventor's rights

In Colombia, the SIC accepts inventor assignments without legalization or originals, the employment agreement as evidence of the assignment, and the PCT Rule 4.17 declaration. We explain how to obtain it in ePCT in five steps.

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