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August 28, 2018
Forces against Brazil’s patent system may have killed the proposal to fast-track pending applications, but examiners’ individual productivity could solve the backlog in the long term
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August 10, 2018
Businesses are pushing to amend Brazil’s industrial property law in order to increase prison sentences for trade mark, industrial design, and patent infringement
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March 16, 2018
The Americas Awards Dinner was held at the Essex House in New York on March 15, and recognised the best law firms and individuals nationally and regionally in Canada, Latin America and the US
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March 04, 2018
Following the publication of our trade mark rankings in the February issue, we now present the leading firms for patent work worldwide
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February 05, 2018
The Managing IP Americas Awards ceremony and dinner will be held on March 15 at Essex House in New York, recognising the firms and individuals of the year
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January 04, 2018
A potential procedure to fast-track the approval of more than 230,000 pending patent applications in Brazil, which some expected before the end of 2017, has not yet been published
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December 20, 2017
The BPTO may publish a rule next week that would fast-track the process of granting patents whose applications are pending in Brazil. The emergency procedure would grant 230,000 pending applications unless patent owners opt out
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December 08, 2017
This year’s leaders report reveals the top patent agencies and law firms behind the international PCT applications between 2014 and 2016
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December 06, 2017
Managing IP’s regular update of people moves includes the launch of new firms Grüneberg and Myers and Winterfeldt IP Group, and hires by Crowell & Moring, Fish & Richardson, BakerHostetler, K&L Gates, Baker Botts, Kirkland & Ellis and more
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October 23, 2017
WTO members agreed to extend the period for acceptance of the Protocol Amending the TRIPs Agreement until December 31 2019 at the TRIPs Council meeting on October 19 to 20
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August 01, 2017
This year’s publication is the 21st edition of Managing Intellectual Property’s legal directory, and the biggest yet published
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June 07, 2017
A new procedure for approving pharmaceutical patents in Brazil comes into effect on June 12 with the aim of ending the arduous double examination by the BPTO and Anvisa. Uncertainties such as whether the national health agency will be happy to be overruled by BPTO will need to be resolved to overcome doubts, however
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May 23, 2017
Managing Intellectual Property IP STARS has published its annual list of the leading female IP practitioners in private practice
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March 15, 2017
85 awards, including for corporate social responsibility and in-house achievement, were presented at Managing IP’s 12th Global Awards dinner at The Savoy in London last week. The photos from the event have also been published
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March 10, 2017
The Global Awards Dinner was held at The Savoy in London on March 9, with 300 guests from 89 firms and 44 countries
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December 22, 2016
Michael Loney reveals interesting talking points from this month’s XIX Work Sessions and Administrative Council of ASIPI in Buenos Aires, including lessons from TPP, the Latin American Trademark Impact Study, the responsibility of ISPs for third party content, the limits of biotechnology, and the scope of athlete’s image rights
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September 05, 2016
Research for the 2017 edition of IP Stars, Managing IP’s legal directory, starts today. Kingsley Egbuonu and Jennifer Ruther highlight some of the things you need to know and why IP firms and practitioners worldwide should participate by making a submission
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April 13, 2016
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March 11, 2016
Managing IP's 2016 Global Awards Dinner was held at The Savoy, London on March 10
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March 04, 2016
Managing IP subscribers have full access to all IP Stars rankings, including the newly published tables of the top firms for patent work in more than 70 jurisdictions