BELIZE – New Country To Join The Madrid System

The Madrid System, a convenient and cost-effective solution for registering and managing trademarks worldwide, welcomes a new participant to its list of signatory countries. Belize, a Caribbean country on the northeastern coast of Central America has deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol on November 24, 2022 thus becoming the 113th member of the Madrid System. The Madrid System now covers a total of 129 countries through 113 member IP offices.
The Madrid […]

By | January 22nd, 2023 ||

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 ||