The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has developed an artificial intelligence platform that could be used as a based translation tool for patent documents.
On January 1 2017 will enter into force a new edition of the Nice Classification for the Registration of trademarks.
The VPTO has notified to the interested parties, in the Extraordinary Gazette Official No. 566 dated September 8, 2016, that they must ratify in writing their interest in continuing pending opposition procedures.
The Marrakech Treaty can be considered an example of convergent Law related topics, mainly regarding humanitarian causes and intellectual property institutions.
Throughout the history of Industrial Property, it has been a challenge to identify what can and cannot be patented because since its foundation many processes or elements are already patented, but here's a way to patent new recipes.
The main objective of this system as the WIPO says is to improve the quality and efficiency of the patent search and examination process done at local and regional patent offices.
The National Congress approved the participation of Brazil in The Hague Convention, and according to the Decree No. 8.660 the Convention has entered into force on August 14, 2016.
The Senate unanimously approved the Industrial Property Law reform proposal (Ley de la Propiedad Industrial) in which the trademark opposition system was projected and came into force on August 30, 2016.
Several sections of the new Civil and Commercial Code refers to IP matters such as: Concession agreement, Industrial Designs, Industrial Property, Patents and Trademarks.
This legislation regulates and promotes the protection of Copyright , Industrial Designs, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Utility Models, Trade Names and Patents (Inventions).
