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Year: 2019

Licks Attorneys has been ranked in IPSTARS for its Trademarks practice

We are proud to announce that, for the first time, Licks Attorneys has been ranked in IPSTARS for its Trademarks practice. The 2019 ranking has listed our firm for both prosecution and contentious. Access the full ranking at: https://www.ipstars.com/countries/brazil/br

Brazilian PPH with the JPO now on phase II: new opportunities available under Rule #235/2019

(BRPTO’s Gazette from February 12th, 2019) The BRPTO published on February 12th, 2019, Rule #235/2019 implementing Phase II of the PPH Pilot program with the JPO. As mentioned in our client alert from January 24th, 2019, the most relevant modification in the new phase is the expansion of technologies eligible for the PPH, now, in […]

Current challenges for the protection of the fundamental right to privacy: General Data Protection Act, consent and regulation

Douglas Leite, attorney at Licks, co-authored the article named “Current challenges for the protection of the fundamental right to privacy: General Data Protection Act, consent and regulation” which has been published in a collective work of curatorship of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV-RJ). The full book can be read at: https://goo.gl/CpRL6jLinkedin | Facebook

BRPTO invites public comments on Patent Examination Draft Guidelines related to Biotechnology Arts

(Federal Register on February 6, 2019) The Examination Guidelines of Patent Applications in the Biotechnology Arts currently in force (BRPTO Rule #144/2015) are being reformulated by the BRPTO. On February 6, 2019 the BRPTO invited public comments for the amendments suggested in said guidelines through a publication on Federal Gazette #26. Comments on the proposed […]

Licks Attorneys is proud to announce that our partner Nuno Carvalho is a member of the Saudi Intellectual Property Authority International Advisory Board

Licks Attorneys is proud to announce that our partner Nuno Carvalho is a member of the Saudi Intellectual Property Authority (SAIP) International Advisory Board, which is formed by eight world-renowned experts that will assist SAIP converting into an IP HUB in the Arab region and in North Africa.Linkedin | Facebook