Meeting of Presidents of BRICS Patent Offices in Chengdu

Vladimir Biriulin, Partner, Patent Attorney, Head of Legal Practice, and Vladimir Trey, Partner, Trademark & Design Attorney (both from Gorodissky and Partners, Moscow) took part in the Meeting of Presidents of Patent Offices of BRICS countries in Chengdu. Vladimir Biriulin spoke on "The Impact of IP on Innovations". The meeting brought high officials from Sichuan Province, representatives of BRICS embassies, WIPO, China International Trade Center and People's Court of Chengdu.

In the frame of the said meeting the 10th BRICS IP Forum (BIPF) took place. Vladimir Trey spoke on "Trademarks in Characters other than Latin", “Geographical Indications in BRICS countries: Obtaining Protection and Enforcement of Rights", "Protection of Well-known Marks in India and Other BRICS Countries - Myth or Reality" and Vladimir Biriulin on "Protection of GUI in BRICS countries", "Expediting Examination of Patent Applications in Brazil, India and Russia."

The BIPF was organized by CCPIT (China), Gorodissky and Partners (Russia), Remfry & Sagar (India) and Daniel Advogados (Brasil), and gathered about 200 participants - representatives of industrial and law firms, from BRICS countries, mostly from China.