The Brazilian PTO (INPI) has published its Resolution Nº 151/2015 on November 10^th, 2015 regulating different possibilities to obtain a fast-track examination of patent applications. This resolution affects the previous one, Nº 68/2013, in several issues.

ERIC ALAVEZ (Head of the H&A Mexican Office) ranks in Patent prosecution in Mexico.

The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, the forth edition of our unique guide to leading private practice patent professionals and firms in 41 of the world’s key jurisdictions. e IAM Patent 1000 remains the only one-stop-shop guide exclusively dedicated to listing, and writing about, best-in-class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners on a global basis.

The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela is undergoing one of the biggest crises in its history, mainly due to the sudden drop in income from petroleum sales, which is its main source of wealth. According to local consulting firm “Econométrica”, the company will suffer inflation of around 110% in 2015, while unofficial data show that inflation reached 50% in the first quarter.