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The Kellis IP Weekly
Since living in Brazil from 2021-2024 as the USPTO’s Intellectual Property Attaché for Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, and Suriname, Mr. Kellis has published the Kellis IP Weekly to help interested parties stay informed regarding intellectual property developments in Brazil and the surrounding region. If you have questions or concerns about any of the developments described in the Kellis IP Weekly and how those developments might impact your business, please contact Kellis IP.
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The Kellis IP Weekly: Issue 10.5
INPI Releases Study on Patenting Scenario Surrounding Monoclonal Antibodies for Breast Cancer Treatment: The study, coordinated by INPI and conducted by the Technical Group for Intelligence in Industrial Property under the Interministerial Group for Intellectual Property (GIPI), evaluates patent applications related to the monoclonal antibodies trastuzumab and pertuzumab (which are costly for Brazil’s universal health system, SUS, to acquire) . . .
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The Kellis IP Weekly: Issue 10.3
INPI Publishes September Patent Pendency Numbers: According to the agency, patent pendency in September, from filing to a technical examination decision, averaged 4.4 years (with specific technical area averages ranging from 3.3 years in the metallurgy and materials space to 5.7 years in the biopharmaceutical space), or 3.2 years counted from the filing of the request for examination (with specific technical area averages ranging from 2.1 years in the . . .
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The Kellis IP Weekly: Issue 9.3
ANATEL Partners with Community Hackathon Brazil for Contest to Block Illegal TV Boxes: While rightsholders wait for ANCINE to begin fulfilling its legal anti-piracy mandate, ANATEL continues to press ahead, most recently by partnering with Community Hackathon Brazil to hold a hackathon contest focused on identifying novel methods of blocking illegal IPTV boxes. The top three finishers at the Sept. 28-29 contest will receive . . .
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The Kellis IP Weekly: Issue 9.2
INPI Publishes Latest Performance Results: INPI has updated its online reporting system with the latest data, from August 2024. According to that system, the average patent pendency is . . .
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The Kellis IP Weekly: Issue 8.5
INPI Gives Some Patent Owners 60 Days to Provide Information about Access to Genetic Resources: INPI’s August 27 Industrial Property Gazette contains a public notice explaining that in some cases, INPI has issued patents to applicants who affirmed that the subject invention utilized access to genetic resources, but never provided the corresponding SisGen registration number as required . . .
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The Kellis IP Weekly: Issue 8.4
Patent Pendency, Regulatory Data Protection Discussed at Health Forum: The August 21st Health Forum, hosted by think tank Esfera Brasil and Brazilian pharmaceutical laboratory EMS, featured multiple high-level speakers and attendees, including . . .
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