US Trade Representative Issues Annual Report on Global IP Rights
For 2010 the US Trade Representative reviewed 77 trading partners for this year’s Special 301 Report, and placed 41 countries on either the Priority Watch List, Watch List, or the Section 306...
View ArticleThe Importance of Protecting Incremental, Improvement Innovation
Innovation provides new therapies and breakthrough treatments that extend and enhance life. The scientific and financial resources required for these advances are an investment worth making and an...
View ArticleIBM to Develop New Cloud Prioritization Environment for Brazil Ministry of...
Although the IBM news release did not contain any specific reference to a patent or patent family that represents this innovation, IBM acknowledges that the company holds 1,560 cloud patents. A quick...
View ArticleWorld Intellectual Property Indicators 2014: Design Patent Highlights
In 2013, 647,300 industrial design registrations were filed – a 6.4% drop from 2012. The decline in global registrations stems primarily from the slow-down of Chinese manufacturing, which produced 12%...
View ArticleInnovation can create economic success in developing countries facing the...
A rising tide lifts all boats. While an age-old saying, the concept is relatively simple really. Of course, the path to broad based economic opportunity for all has been elusive for many countries. If...
View ArticleWorld Intellectual Property Indicators 2015: Design Patent Highlights
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators. The 2015 report dissects the macro trends associated with filing activity and...
View Article2016 Summer Olympics in Rio will feature innovations for athletes, spectators...
In major American sports, players, spectators and referees alike are all interested in making sure that fouls are called properly and that athletes are always abiding by the rules. In recent years,...
View ArticleBrazilian PTO Considers Automatically Granting 231,000 Patents to Get Rid of...
The Brazilian Government is considering the adoption of an emergency measure to eliminate the Patent Office chronic backlog problem by automatically granting, without examination, 230,000 pending...
View ArticleThe Costs of Obtaining and Maintaining a Patent in the BRICS Economies
BRICS is an acronym for an association of five countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Over the last 25 years, the BRICS economies have been at the forefront of a paradigm shift in...
View ArticleA Question of Morals: The U.S. Approach to Plagiarism, ‘Moral Rights’, and...
“It was a warm and pleasant day on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. The waves lapped at the shore and far off a sea-bird raised its plaintive cries to the sky. She looked up from her book, thinking,...
View ArticleFarewell Brazilian Backlog: Brazilian PTO Introduces Standardized Office...
The Brazilian PTO has officially introduced its longed-for strategy to solve the enduring patent backlog problem in Brazil. The plan is to reduce the patent backlog by at least 80% in the course of...
View ArticleRecent Insights into Cannabis-Related IP Rights in Brazil
The authorization of consumption of Cannabis derivative products in several countries has led to the rapid development of a robust industry around such products. However, Brazilian legislation is still...
View ArticleDon’t Get Caught In the Conflict: U.S. Versus Brazilian IP Transfer Pricing...
During a 2019 Tax Executives Institute conference in Washington, D.C., the Commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Charles Rettig, proclaimed, “[I am] not a commissioner who believes...
View ArticleBusiness (Almost) as Usual at Brazilian IP Courts and IPO
Like most countries, Brazil has been facing severe restrictions in an attempt to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Non-essential services are currently closed in almost all metropolitan areas and...
View ArticleFinding Fame in Brazil: Five Tips for Success When Requesting ‘High Renown’...
Since 2014, when a decision of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office came into force that held trademarks could obtain “high renown” status through a specially-created procedure, there has been a...
View ArticleStrong Roots: Comparative Analysis of Patent Protection for Plants and Animals
Much has been written about the uncertainty in U.S. patent law concerning laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas following the Supreme Court’s decisions in Mayo v. Prometheus and Alice...
View ArticleThe Importance of Protecting Incremental, Improvement Innovation
Innovation provides new therapies and breakthrough treatments that extend and enhance life. The scientific and financial resources required for these advances are an investment worth making and an...
View ArticleIBM to Develop New Cloud Prioritization Environment for Brazil Ministry of...
Although the IBM news release did not contain any specific reference to a patent or patent family that represents this innovation, IBM acknowledges that the company holds 1,560 cloud patents. A quick...
View ArticleWorld Intellectual Property Indicators 2014: Design Patent Highlights
In 2013, 647,300 industrial design registrations were filed – a 6.4% drop from 2012. The decline in global registrations stems primarily from the slow-down of Chinese manufacturing, which produced 12%...
View ArticleFumble: How Brands Lose their Fans
Branding goes beyond thinking about a catchy name and color scheme to compose the trademark that will represent the company’s products or services. Today, more than ever, it is imperative to consider...
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