Moving Towards The Formal Application Of The “Secondary Meaning” Institute By The Brazilian PTO
By Adriane Bonato 1. General provisions As a rule, trademark is a distinctive sign capable to identify a single commercial source of goods and services. However, a mark that is not inherently distinctive, due to its generic or descriptive character, can acquire distinctiveness through its continued and intense commercial use, ultimately associating itself with a […]
XVI Encontro Nacional FORTEC, VI Congresso Internacional Profnit e XII ProspeCT&I
Our partner Louis Lozouet will attend the XVI FORTEC National Meeting, VI Profnit International Congress and XII ProspeCT&I as a speaker in a round table to discuss the subject “Intellectual Property and New Technologies: Who Owns What?”. The event will take place from 03 to 08 October. For more information on the program and to […]
Karina Daiha is an IAM 1000 Recommended Patent Practitioner
We are proud to announce that our founding partner Karina Daiha has been indicated in the 2022 edition of IAM Patent 1000 – the world’s leading patent professional guide as a recommended patent prosecution practitioner in Brazil. Congratulations to Karina for this first indication. For more information, please access here.
André Venturini is an IAM 1000 Recommended Patent Practitioner
We are proud to announce that our founding partner André Venturini has been indicated in the 2022 edition of IAM Patent 1000 – the world’s leading patent professional guide as a recommended patent prosecution practitioner in Brazil. Congratulations to André, who is frequently recognized by IAM Patent 1000 every year since 2017. For more information, please access here.
IAM Patent 1000 2022 recognition
It has been five years since the beginning of our dream of building up a more client-focused firm. As a confirmation that we are following the right steps, we are honored to see that Venturini IP has been recognized as a Brazilian recommended firm in the 2022 edition of the IAM Patent 1000 (for the […]
New Rules on Brazilian Patent Backlog
By Louis Lozouet A fresh ordinance extends INPI’s 2019 plan to reduce the backlog of pending applications by recognising search or examination results where these are available from foreign patent offices for corresponding applications in the same family. As a further effort to reduce the backlog of pending patent applications, on 12 April 2022 the […]
Webinar – World Intellectual Property Day
In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April, our partner Louis Lozouet was invited to participate in the event organized by the Professional Master Degree in Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) to talk about the strategic use of IP based on his professional experience. For more […]
INPI issues update on protection terms for patents covering pharma and non-pharma claimed matter
By Louis Lozouet On 8 February 2022 the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published a notice in the Official Gazette 2666 detailing new rules for updating the patent term of applications comprising pharmaceutical claimed matter and non-pharmaceutical subject matter. These were affected by a Brazilian Supreme Court decision (ADI 5529) that ruled in favour of the […]
Webinar – Intellectual Property in Brazil: the consolidation of the INPI as a reference in the international scenario
Invited by Cámara de Comercio Brasil-España (CCBE) and SHIP Global IP, our partner Louis Lozouet will participate as a speaker in the webinar “Intellectual Property in Brazil: the consolidation of the INPI (National Institute of Intellectual Property of Brazil) as a reference in the international scenario”. The webinar will take place on 05 April 2022 […]
Brazil and France sign Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) and IP cooperation agreements
By Louis Lozouet As previously posted, Phase III of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programme came into effect on 11 January 2022. The PPH programme is one of the BRPTO’s priority exam modality with focus on expediting the examination of Brazilian patent applications, which subject matter is considered patentable […]
