Year: 2015

(Federal Register of March 16, 2015)The draft guidelines cover patentable subject matter, utility, industrial applicability, patent defeating prior art, inventive step and Markush and compositions claim language.Resigning Commissioner Otavio Brandelli issued a notice inviting public comments on “Guidelines for examining patent applications – Block II – Patentability”. This is the fifth invitation for public comments […]

After the November 2012 public comments, the BRPTO published today the final version of the Examination Guidelines of Patent Applications in the Biotechnology Arts.The guidelines cover the patentability requirements for biotech patents, the technical examination of reach-through claims, non-patentable subject matter, the patentability of micro-organisms, claim language and the definition of biologic sequences, oligonucleotides, promoters, […]

Rodrigo Souto Maior, partner at Licks Attorneys, and Roberto Rodrigues, associate at Licks Attorneys, will attend the 7th Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation. The event takes place at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on March 19-20, 2015.Rodrigo will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Cross-Border Litigation Strategies: Planning, Managing and Reacting to […]

Ricardo Nunes, partner at Licks Attorneys, will attend the 2015 NPE Conference which will be held at the Convene Convention Center in New York, USA, on March 12, 2015. The event focus specifically on the NPE community and its role in the business of licensing.Additional information can be found at http://www.iam-events.com/NPE/2015

Ricardo Nunes, partner at Licks Attorneys and current vice-chair of IPO’s Latin American Practice Committee, will participate in the IPO Committee Leadership Meeting. The event will take place at The JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., USA, on March 11, 2015.Additional information can be found at http://www.ipo.org/index.php/2013/03/ipo-committee-leadership-meeting-and-ipo-board-of-directors-committee-leadership-dinner