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Year: 2017

Brazilian PTO (INPI) issues Rule #70/2017 introducing new procedures for the recordal of technology transfer agreements

The goal of the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services is to reduce bureaucracy and increase transparency by limiting the INPI’s interferenceThe INPI, agency reporting to the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services, issued Rule #70 on April 12, 2017, setting forth new procedures for the recordal of technology transfer agreements. During an […]

Caixa Seguradora S.A. and Caixa Holding S.A, represented by Licks Attorneys, prevails with decision today.

In a unanimous vote by the 6th Special Chamber – a court of appeals specialized in intellectual property rights, the Rio de Janeiro Federal Law Court rejected interlocutory appeal filed to suspend Youse’s activities. Youse is a digital platform by which one of Brazil’s most traditional insurance companies, Caixa Seguradora S.A., allows the online purchase […]

The Brazilian PTO (BRPTO) published today Rule # 184/2017 implementing the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with the JPO

(BRPTO’s IP gazette of March 28th, 2017)The BRPTO published today, March 28, 2017, the much-anticipated rule implementing the PPH Pilot Program with the JPO, which might speed up the examination of Brazilian applications duly filed and regularly pending in Brazil after a corresponding application from the same family receives the notice of allowance from the […]

LICKS ATTORNEYS will attend INTA’s 139th Annual Meeting taking place in Barcelona, Spain from May 20-24, 2017

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Licks Attorneys is recognized as one of the Best Law Firms in Brazil for Civil and Commercial Litigation

Licks Attorneys has been ranked in the Leaders League 2017 Ranking of Top Law Firms in Brazil for Civil & Commercial Litigation. After 3 months of extensive research, the Leaders League group announced the launch of its latest Litigation and Arbitration Guide. Leaders League has become one of the most reputable corporate information sources in […]