All Necessary Procedures For Registering A Position Trademark In Brazil Are Finally Implemented By The Brazilian PTO (INPI)

The protection of position trademarks in Brazil are available since October 1st, 2021, by means of INPI´s Ordinance No. 37/2021, which established the rules on registering position trademarks in Brazil.

Position marks are trademarks that are placed on or affixed to goods in a specific way. They are often used in the fashion sector, for example, to protect elements of decoration of shoes, eyeglasses frames and clothes.

According to the INPI´s ordinance, position marks eligible for […]

By | January 19th, 2023 ||

NLP And Brain-computer Interfaces At The European Patent Office

This article from MIT’s technology review discusses a paper from a team at Stanford University titled “A high-performance speech neuroprosthesis” which was published as a preprint on bioRxiv (21 January 2023). The paper relates to translating the thoughts of a patient into text on a screen. These so-called brain-computer interfaces are particularly useful for sufferers of paralysis providing them the ability to communicate without the need to physically speak.

The team claim to have achieved […]

By | January 19th, 2023 ||

Chinese IP Agency Sentenced For Forging TM Documents

5 months detention, 10,000 RMB fine and permanent suspension. This is the final result of a procedure faced by a Chinese IP agency based in Chongqing for forging official documents.

The agency was reported by its client to CNIPA for counterfeiting the documents of trademark registration acceptance.

On February 2020, Chongqin Qixin IP agency delivered the notice of trademark registration acceptance to its client. However, the notice was later found to be fake, and it was […]

By | January 16th, 2023 ||