We take great pride in announcing that we have been ranked as a Leading Firm in the Intellectual Property field in the prestigious Chambers Latin America 2009 Guide.

Pedro Berkenwald, Partner at our Firm, features as a Leading Individual in IP. He has over three decades advising national and foreign companies operating in the fields of chemistry, pharmacy and biotechnology, providing counsel on regulations, protection of products and processes, launching of new products into the market and their distribution. His IP practice includes patent enforcement and litigation, as well as negotiation and drafting of licensing, franchising and technology transfer contracts.  

Chambers Latin America 2009 lists the leading law firms and lawyers across the region. The ranking is the outcome of thousands of in-depth interviews with lawyers and clients conducted by a team of highly experienced researchers. With objectivity and independence as guiding principles, the publication emphasizes that “No one can 'buy their way in'”.

In a few days, BERKEN IP will participate in the “8^th Latin-American Congress-Fair on Biotechnology” and “4^th Brazilian Congress on Biotechnology” to be held from September 29 to October 01 in São Paulo, Brazil.

We will be part of the argentine delegation, consisting of companies and universities related to the industry. Our booth will be located within the Argentine Institutional Pavilion, organized by Chancellery, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation and the Argentine Biotechnology Forum.

In case you are interested in scheduling a meeting during the event, please write us to mkt@berkenip.com in order to arrange it. If not, we look forward to seeing you at our booth.

The congress will be structured to include a section of bio presentations and sessions, another one of partnering activities (previously programmed one-to-one meetings) and an exhibition showing away the products and services of companies and entities in the industry.

For more event details, please visit: www.biolatina2008.com.

Next week, Alicia Alvarez Berkenwald, Partner at BERKEN IP, will represent us at the 41^st World Intellectual Property Congress of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). For the first time in 33 years, it will be held in the United States.

The event will run from September 6 to 11 and will address current issues such as the harmonization of IP laws and cross border enforcement of IPRS, as well as fundamental issues regarding IP protection.

Founded in 1897, AIPPI is the oldest global intellectual property association. It is a politically neutral and non-profit organization with over 8,000 members representing more than 100 countries. It pursues improving and promoting the protection of intellectual property on a worldwide level.

For more information, please visit: www.aippiboston.com.

Alicia Alvarez Berkenwald, Partner at BERKEN IP, will lecture at the XXVIII National Seminar on Intellectual Property of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI). The event will be held August 24 through August 26, 2008 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

Along with other colleagues, Alicia will participate in a panel discussion on “Biotechnology and Development: Access to Genetic Resources and to Associated Traditional Knowledge”.

Established in 1963, the Association brings together companies, IP law firms and other specialists with the purpose of studying intellectual property, improving its laws and promoting conferences, congresses, seminars and publications referred to the matter.

More information is readily available at: www.abpi.org.br.