Archive for November, 2014

The importance of registering your trade names and trademarks in Costa Rica

Friday, November 28th, 2014

If you have your trademarks registered in other countries and consider that such registration(s) will protect your trademark as well as your business and operation in Costa Rica, you better reconsider your position since that is not correct. The registration of your industrial property before having an operation in Costa Rica is crucial, in order […]

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Transfer of traditional Free Trade Zone manufacturing companies in Costa Rica to the “f” manufacturing category

Thursday, November 20th, 2014

Free Trade Zone beneficiaries in Costa Rica must be included in one or several of the categories specifically established by law.  As part of such categories, there are currently important service providers, commercialization companies, and manufacturing companies, such as the ones part of the flourishing Costa Rican medical cluster. The Free Trade Zone Regime in […]

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When purchasing land in Costa Rica whose sole access is through a declared national highway, due diligence must include a review of national road restricted access permits

Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

One of the functions of the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Works and Transportation is to regulate the use, access, exits, circulation and vehicle traffic on national highways.  There are regulations in the country to ensure thatthe construction of pathways for either entering or exiting a national route from and to a property in Costa […]

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IMMIGRATION IN COSTA RICA: PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL PERMANENCE IN COSTA RICA – AUTHORIZATION OF PERMANENCE WHILE A RESIDENCY APPLICATION IN COSTA RICA IS BEING PROCESSED.

Monday, November 3rd, 2014

Due to the important immigration volume currently existing in Costa Rica, the 2010 modification to the General Immigration Law included a penalty system imposed on individuals who enter Costa Rica as tourists or under any other permanence category and remain in Costa Rican territory beyond the term granted in their tourist visa or without the […]

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