The Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (CFOAB) created, through Ordinance 223/2022, the Special Commission on Intellectual Property, appointing ABPI’s sectional representative for Mato Grosso, Geraldo da Cunha Macedo, as president. Macedo, who also chairs the OAB/MT Intellectual Property Commission, was elected to the federal agency for the 2022-2025 term.