News & Reports
Steering Intellectual Property into the Future – an interview with Lorenza Ferrari Hofer
Steering Intellectual property into the future - an interview with AIPPI President Lorenza Ferrari Hofer
AIPPI has filed an Amicus Brief in case G1/24
AIPPI has filed an Amicus Brief in case G1/24 before the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
Greetings from the new Reporter General of AIPPI
As the new Reporter General, I would like to thank you for electing me to this leadership position – thank you for your trust and encouragement. I am very grateful that I can work with six other members of the Reporter General Team, who are all highly ranked and leading international practitioners, namely Guillaume Henry (FR, First Deputy Reporter General), Johanna Flythström (FI, Second Deputy Reporter General), as well as Rafael Atap (BR), Klaudia Blach-Morysinska (PL), Mamta Rani Jha (IN), and Yanfeng Xiong (CN) as Assistants to the Reporter General.
CJEU clarifies “First” Marketing Authorization in SPC Applications
A Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) is an intellectual property right that serves as an extension to a patent right. It extends patent protection for medicinal products which must undergo testing and clinical trials before being authorised to be placed on the EU market.
Updates in Geographical Indications’ Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting Measures in Brazil
On 28 August 2024 the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“BPTO”) hosted the pre-launch of the country’s first National Directory for Suppressing the Counterfeiting of Geographical Indications (“GIs”). This initiative, a part of the BPTO’s Anti-Counterfeiting Program and integrated into Brazil’s National Plan to Combat Piracy (2022-2025), marks a significant advance in the repression of counterfeiting, bolstering the protection of high-quality products and services in the Brazilian market.