:: READ IN THIS EDITION New Partners Dannemann Siemsen opens office in Brazil's Federal Capital Dannemann Siemsen at the INTA 128th Annual meeting Patents Technological innovation and tax incentives under Law no. 11,196/05 Carlos Eduardo Eliziário de Lima Trademarks Changes in treatment of highly renowned marks in Brazil Ana Carolina Lee Barbosa Diego Perandin Copyright Christ the Redeemer monument: who should it be credited to? Alvaro Loureiro Oliveira Domain Names Domain names - distinction in the release process Daniele Cerdeira de S. Leão Velloso Disclaimer

Newsletter in PDF1: View/download (223 kb) Newsletter by e-mail: Subscribe now Previous issues

:: NEW PARTNERS

Dannemann Siemsen has the pleasure to announce that the following professionals have become partners of the firm:

• Rodrigo Rocha de Souza
• Markus Michael de Mendonça Wolff
• Jos é Marcelo de Oliveira Fernandes

:: DANNEMANN SIEMSEN OPENS OFFICE IN BRAZIL'S FEDERAL CAPITAL

Dannemann Siemsen celebrated the New Year of 2006 by establishing its presence in the city of Brasília, the Capital of Brazil. Besides offering services directly to clients headquartered in Brasília and also in the state of Goiás, the firm increases its ability to represent its clients and monitor their court actions in prosecution before the Superior Court of Justice and the Federal Supreme Court. The new office will also provide our clients with support and assistance before the regulatory agencies, which are headquartered in the Capital.

With a large team of specialized professionals, Dannemann Siemsen is a reference in industrial property and copyright. Over the years, the firm has expanded its areas of expertise and, today, besides providing services in all fields of its original specialization, with special emphasis on civil and criminal litigation, it has become well-known in the areas of anti-counterfeiting, as well as of franchising, distribution and licensing agreements, corporate law, environmental law and regulatory matters.

:: DANNEMANN SIEMSEN AT THE INTA 128th ANNUAL MEETING

The International Trademark Association - INTA will promote, between May 6th and 10, its 128th Annual Meeting. This time, the venues is Toronto, province of Ontario, Canada. The INTA meeting is the most important event in the trademark area and congregates more than seven thousand professionals.

This year's theme is Cross-Border Trademark Issues, which is especially relevant to Brazil in view of its territorial extension and economic importance in the worldwide scenario.

Our office will, once more, be represented by the following partners and professionals especialized in the areas of trademark prosecution, contracts, anti-piracy programs and civil and criminal litigation:

Peter Dirk Siemsen, Luiz Henrique O. do Amaral, Peter Eduardo Siemsen, Elisabeth Siemsen do Amaral, Attilio José Ventura Gorini, Ana Lúcia de Sousa Borda, Alvaro Loureiro Oliveira, Rafaela Borges Walter Carneiro, José Henrique Vasi Werner, Rodrigo Borges Carneiro, Mauro Ivan C. R. dos Santos, Sandra Leis, Roberta X. da S. Calazans and Filipe Fonteles Cabral.

We will have a Hospitality Suite with the objective of receiving friends and clients. Meetings can be scheduled by e-mail with any of the above professionals.

:: DISCLAIMER

Dannemann, Siemsen News is a publication of Dannemann Siemsen. It is intended merely to highlight matters of interest in the areas of Intellectual Property and Environmental Law. This publication should not be interpreted as a legal/technical opinion for a specific case. Should you require advice or information, please contact one of the members of our Editorial Board.

Access our web site and subscribe to DS News:
www.dannemann.com.br

Suggestions and comments are welcome at:
dsnews@dannemann.com.br

Rio de Janeiro

Rua Marquês de Olinda, 70
22251-040 Rio de Janeiro / RJ Brazil
Phone: 55 (21) 2237.8700
Fax: 55 (21) 2553.1812

São Paulo

Av. Indianópolis, 739
04063-000 São Paulo / SP Brazil
Phone: 55 (11) 5575.2024
Fax: 55 (11) 5549.2300

Dannemann Siemsen News - Editorial Board

Chair: José Antonio B. L. Faria Correa

Attilio Gorini (copyright and contracts)
Joaquim Eugênio Goulart (civil litigation)
José Henrique Werner (criminal litigation)
Maria Carmen de Souza Brito (patents)
Markus Wolff (patents)
Paulo de Bessa Antunes (environmental law)
Rodrigo Borges Carneiro (copyright and trademarks)

© 2003-06 Dannemann Siemsen

¹ PDF (Portable Document Format) is the ideal format to save and/or print a document. You will need to have installed in your computer the freeware software Adobe Acrobat Reader.