Every legal structure should respond to a specific need. While we often associate corporations with active business operations, Costa Rica offers a highly useful legal entity: the inactive corporation. What is an inactive corporation? It is a company that, although...
In the world of trademark law, some cases become paradigm-setting examples. Such was the recent legal battle between Nintendo—the Japanese entertainment giant—and a small Costa Rican supermarket called “Super Mario.” The outcome was unexpected: Costa Rican courts...
