35 YEARS OF DI BLASI, PARENTE & ASSOCIADOS LAW – A legacy of innovation and Bossa
“For 35 years I have been living this vibe of how the love of the profession, organic networking, sports, and music can be “tuned” and connected to a greater good.” Everything in life to be improved must be measured. This high-performance sports mantra works in various aspects of life, so it is important, from time […]
Report on the Legacy of Innovation and ESG
Dear Sirs In early 1987, I made a decision that some could label me crazy and others brave. Brazil was experiencing a context of hyperinflation, moratorium, closed boundaries for importation, technological inequality, the political crisis in the late 80s, financial instability, and a lack of perspective on development and social welfare. It was the time […]
Judgment determining the transfer of the Union’s budget resources to the INPI is avaible
A decision, still subject to appeal, was made available on 04/12/2022, in the public civil action filed by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI) against the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) and the Federal Government, in which the Federal Government is required to transfer to the BPTO the totality of its revenues. In her […]
New Ordinance published by the INPI establishes relevant changes in regard to the preliminary office actions.
On April 12, 2022, the Brazilian Patent Office (BPTO) published Ordinance INPI/PR nº 34/2022 establishing some changes in the provisions of preliminary office action of dispatch code No. 6.23 for patent applications which technical examination is pending. Of the two important changes brought by the aforementioned Ordinance, one of them is the fact that there […]
Published Decree 10.886/2021 establishing the National Intellectual Property Strategy
Decree No. 10,886 was published on 7th December 2021, establishing the National Intellectual Property Strategy (ENPI in Portuguese), which aims to achieve a National Intellectual Property System (SNPI in portuguese) “effective and balanced, widely known, used and observed, which encourages creativity, investments in innovation and access to knowledge, aiming to increase competitiveness and economic and social […]
Week’s news headlines – October 20th, 2017
Copyrights AIPPI 2017: Warner Bros exec talks safe harbours and infringers When illegal downloaders first appeared, the music industry’s initial response of suing infringers was unsuccessful, according to a Warner Bros executive https://www.worldipreview.com/news/aippi-2017-warner-bros-exec-talks-safe-harbours-and-infringers-14764 EFF wants ‘illegal’ EU copyright reform deleted The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and 56 other civil society groups have demanded the deletion […]
Week’s news headlines
Trademarks Marques 2017: GSK counsel speaks about changing in-house role The assistant general counsel at GSK has said that the role of an in-house counsel has taken on a new meaning across all industries http://worldipreview.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5147cd2e00ef8a542c19706b5&id=62d8f01585&e=3ec0545e64 Marques 2017: UK and US lawyers discuss comparative advertising There are various routes and opportunities for comparative advertising in the […]
Week’s news headlines – September 22nd, 2017
Patents The man who brought patent monetisation to BlackBerry becomes latest big name corporate IP departure Mark Kokes has left BlackBerry and is no longer its senior vice president of intellectual property, licensing & standards, IAM has learned http://www.iam-media.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=e68dec5d-cdd5-4d43-a458-063132484337 Raid on Gibraltar: How the U.S. Patent System was Rigged Against Independent Inventors For decades, individual […]
Week’s news headlines – September 15th, 2017
Counterfeiting UKIPO outlines approaches to combat fakes online The availability of counterfeits has continued to increase with the expansion of e-commerce platforms, but this threat is being met head on with an innovative range of approaches http://www.worldipreview.com/news/ukipo-outlines-approaches-to-combat-fakes-online-14578 US sports associations unite to tackle counterfeiters In a claim filed at the US District Court for the […]
Week’s news headlines – September 1st, 2017
Copyrights Showtime files copyright suit against Mayweather-McGregor livestreaming sites A great deal of hype and publicity has been building in the days leading up to the boxing match taking place on Saturday, August 26th between professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC champion Conor McGregor http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/08/25/showtime-files-copyright-suit-mayweather-mcgregor-livestreaming-sites/id=87337/ Bill Nye files suit against Disney, Buena Vista for […]
