Track: Technology Management
Abstract
To investigate the intellectual property dynamics of the audiovisual industry in Latin America, the study searches and analyzes patent applications in the region, using the World Intellectual Property Organization database, restricted to the LATIPAT group. With this data, was possible to obtain information about the origin of these requirements, companies that are most active in the sector, requesting countries and where the technologies were protected, the time of request and the technology's areas of activity. Thus, such mapping provided an overview of audiovisual technologies and their commercial exploitation in the region.