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Dear Friends, it is with a great joy that we announce that our partner Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete was elected president of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property (ABPI) for the biennium 2014-2015. We take this opportunity to share the news published on the ABPI website. Congratulations, Elisabeth!

http://www.abpi.org.br/noticias.asp?ativo=Trueamp;linguagem=Portugu%EAsamp;Secao=Not%EDcias da ABPIamp;subsecao=Informativoamp;id=278
 

The renowned guide THE LEGAL 500 – LATIN AMERICA 2013 was released and Kasznar Leonardos shares the 1st position with two other offices. See the full ranking at the following link.
http://www.legal500.com/c/brazil/intellectual-property
 

The renowned guide THE LEGAL 500 – LATIN AMERICA 2013 was released and Kasznar Leonardos shares the 1st position with two other offices. See the full ranking at the following link.
http://www.legal500.com/c/brazil/intellectual-property
 

The renowned guide THE LEGAL 500 – LATIN AMERICA 2013 was released and Kasznar Leonardos shares the 1st position with two other offices. See the full ranking at the following link.
http://www.legal500.com/c/brazil/intellectual-property
 

On Tuesday, the 10th, the ranking of the renowned guide Chambers Latin America – 2014 edition was released. Again, our office is placed among the leaders of PI in Brazil. Also stand out the partners Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete and Gabriel Leonardos. Both are considered leaders (Band 1) on intellectual property in the country. See the full ranking here: http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Latin-America/Editorial/254367#org_153811

On August 19, 2013 the Brazilian PTO published the Resolution number 17/2013, which sets the new rules for recognizing the highly reputed trademark status. This resolution will be enforced on the date of the publication of the new official fees for this procedure, but, until now, the BPTO has not estimated yet when it will be published.

The main innovation brought by this Resolution is the adoption of a standalone procedure, which allows the titleholder to require, at any time, the recognition of high reputation for its trademark before the Brazilian PTO. This request can be made when registering the mark, without the need of third parties' procedures.

les Nouvelles – Journal of The Licensing Executives Society International.

The founding partners of Kasznar Leonardos Intellectual Property Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete and Gabriel Leonardos are among the top IP lawyers in Brazil, according to the subscribers of MARCASUR Magazine.

The MARCASUR magazine is a renowned source of information on intellectual property in Latin America and has recently held the MARCASUR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2013. This award consists of a voting among the subscribers of the magazine (IP experts), aiming to identify the intellectual property professionals of Latin American who stand out in their countries. According to the results, published in issue No. 50 (July-September) of MARCASUR, in Brazil three lawyers tied for first place with 20% of the votes each, among whom are Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete and Gabriel Leonardos.

The founding partners of Kasznar Leonardos Intellectual Property Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete and Gabriel Leonardos are among the top IP lawyers in Brazil, according to the subscribers of MARCASUR Magazine.

The MARCASUR magazine is a renowned source of information on intellectual property in Latin America and has recently held the MARCASUR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2013. This award consists of a voting among the subscribers of the magazine (IP experts), aiming to identify the intellectual property professionals of Latin American who stand out in their countries. According to the results, published in issue No. 50 (July-September) of MARCASUR, in Brazil three lawyers tied for first place with 20% of the votes each, among whom are Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete and Gabriel Leonardos.

The founding partners of Kasznar Leonardos Intellectual Property Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete and Gabriel Leonardos are among the top IP lawyers in Brazil, according to the subscribers of MARCASUR Magazine.

The MARCASUR magazine is a renowned source of information on intellectual property in Latin America and has recently held the MARCASUR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2013. This award consists of a voting among the subscribers of the magazine (IP experts), aiming to identify the intellectual property professionals of Latin American who stand out in their countries. According to the results, published in issue No. 50 (July-September) of MARCASUR, in Brazil three lawyers tied for first place with 20% of the votes each, among whom are Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete and Gabriel Leonardos.

Since July 15, 2013, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) started offering a voluntary mediation service for administrative disputes arisen from trademark proceedings. Such alternative may help decreasing the number of current disputes as well the time for their solution and backlog. Moreover, it may facilitate internation parties seeking to settle related disputes in multiple jurisdictions.

On our way to the INTA Annual Meeting The partners and trademark attorneys Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete, Eduardo Colonna Rosman, Rafael Lacaz Amaral and Liz Starling, besides the foreign trademark coordinator Monica Simas Medeiros, will attend the 135th Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA), to be held in Dallas, Texas, from May 4th to the 8th.

INTRODUCTION

Global energy demand continues to increase, with major developing countries acting as the main driving force behind such rise. However, the world energy balance is still highly dependent on the finite source of fossil fuels, which is considered to be the major responsible for atmosphere pollution in big cities. Furthermore, the long term consequences of the use of these non-renewable fuel sources are still unknown. Global warming, for example, is pointed out to be one of its most undesirable effects.

In this scenario, the need to diversify the energy matrix using more renewable energy sources has become urgent. One of the most triumphant clean energy sources that has been developed in the last years is wind power. The installed wind power capacity is increasing significantly worldwide as well as its importance to the

Brazil IP FOCUS – Managing IP Magazine – May 2013 edition

Generally, when IP rights holders decide to file a law suit in Brazil, they are looking for a swift answer to the violation of their rights. It is widely known, however, that law suits in Brazil usually take a long time to reach a final outcome. This is especially true in infringement and nullity actions involving patent rights, due to the technical background knowledge demanded to fully understand the technology at issue (in most of these law suits an expert is nominated by the trial judge to assist in clarifying technical aspects of the case). That is why injunctive relief plays an important role in litigation cases, as it is an efficient measure to put a stop to the infringement of IP rights while a final decision is being rendered in the case.

INTRODUCCIÓN: EL INSTITUTO DE LA PREVIA ANUENCIA Y LOS DILEMAS QUE LO MISMO HA GENERADO.

Pasados dieciséis años de la promulgación de la Ley Brasileña de Propiedad Industrial (Ley nº 9.279/1996), la cual introdujo en el ordenamiento jurídico brasileño las reglas establecidas en el Acuerdo sobre los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual Relacionados con el Comercio (ADPIC), una de las cuestiones jurídicas más polémicas que se coloca cuanto a su interpretación sigue todavía sin solución: ¿cuál debe ser el rol de la Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria (ANVISA, en el acrónimo portugués) en la concesión de patentes de fármacos? Tal pregunta se hace respeto a la correcta interpretación del artículo 229-C de la Ley nº 9.279/1996, que a la letra señala: