Relaxation, reunions, and much joy characterized the happy hour gathering and inauguration ceremony of the ABPI board on Wednesday, the 22nd, at the Casa Camolese venue in Rio. In a brief speech, ABPI President Gabriel Leonardos, re-elected for another term, paid tribute to deceased members and leaders of the Association. “It is an enormous responsibility to keep the flame alive for all who came before us,” he said, thanking the support received during his first term from all directors, council members, sectional representatives, study committee coordinators, and the Association’s staff. “Together, we will do more for Brazil,” he concluded.
As always, this year-end meeting saw the ABPI and ABAPI (Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents) boards being sworn in for the 2024-2025 term. During the ceremony, former ABAPI President Álvaro Loureiro wished success to his successor, lawyer Gabriel Di Blasi, who will take over the organization in January.
The festive event, featuring good music, drinks, and appetizers, brought together about 130 people, including distinguished guests such as the President of the BPTO (Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office), Julio Cesar Moreira, Patent Director Alexandre Dantas Rodrigues, Federal Judge Márcia Nunes de Barros, and former BPTO President Cláudio Furtado, among others.
The complete list below includes those re-elected, according to the slate proposed by the ABPI’s Nominations Committee for the 2024-2025 biennium, including honorary and lifetime members who do not undergo elections.
More event photos.
Executive Committee
President – Gabriel Francisco Leonardos
1st Vice President – Peter Eduardo Siemsen
2nd Vice President – Tatiana Campello Lopes
Reporter General – Rodrigo Affonso de Ouro Preto Santos
Secretary – Maria Inez de Araujo Abreu
Treasurer – Antonella Carminatti
Editor – Laetitia Maria Alice Pablo d’Hanens
General Counsel – Paulo Parente Marques Mendes
Council
Sectional Representatives – also members of the Council
AL – Branca Alves de Miranda Pereira
AM – Wagner Robério Barros Gomes
BA – Rodrigo Moraes Ferreira
CE – Bruno de Carvalho Figueiredo
DF – Alexandre Müller Buarque Viveiros
ES – Juliano Regattieri Oliveira
GO – Henrique Esteves Alves Ferreira
MG – Luiza Tângari Coelho
MT – Geraldo da Cunha Macedo
PE – Ticiano Gadelha
PR – Carmem Iris Parellada Nicolodi
RJ – Luis Fernando de R. Matos Jr.
RS – Rodrigo Azevedo Pereira
SC – Frederica Richter
SP – Marcos Chucralla Moherdaui Blasi
Elected Members of the Council
Ana Carolina Cagnoni – SP
Ana Cristina de Almeida Müller – RJ
Antonio de Figueiredo Murta Filho – RJ
Eduardo Paranhos – SP
Elisabeth Siemsen do Amaral – RJ
Fábio Luiz Barboza Pereira – SP
Felipe Oquendo – RJ
Fernanda Magalhães – RJ
Filipe Fonteles Cabral – RJ
Gustavo Henrique Eirado de Escobar – PE
Jacques Labrunie – SP
José Eduardo de Vasconcellos Pieri – RJ
José Mauro Decoussau Machado – SP
Lélio Denicoli Schmidt – SP
Letícia Provedel – RJ
Maria Cristina Machado Cortez – SP
Marianna Furtado de Mendonça – RJ
Mario Augusto Soerensen Garcia – RJ
Nathalia Mazzonetto – SP
Patricia Leal Gestic – SP
Philippe Martins Bhering – SP
Rana Gosain – RJ
Renata Lisboa – RJ
Renata Westminster Shaw – RJ
Ricardo Cardoso Costa Boclin – RJ
Roberto José Ribeiro – SP
Roner Guerra Fabris – RS
Soraya Imbassahy de Mello – SP
Taís Capito Castro Alves – SP
Valdir de Oliveira Rocha – RJ
Honorary Members / Former Presidents
Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete – SP
Gert Egon Dannemann – Honorary President – RJ (in memoriam)
Gustavo Starling Leonardos – RJ
José Antonio B.L. Faria Correa – RJ
Juliana L.B. Viegas – SP
Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta – RJ
Luiz Henrique O. do Amaral – RJ
Luiz Leonardos – Honorary President – RJ
Maria Carmen de Souza Brito – RJ
Peter Dirk Siemsen – Honorary President – RJ
Lifetime Honorary Members
Alberto Luís Camelier da Silva – SP
Antonio Carlos Siqueira da Silva – SP
Antônio Ferro Ricci – SP
Jorge de Paula Costa Avila – RJ
Jorge Raimundo Filho – RJ
José Carlos Tinoco Soares – SP
José Roberto d’Affonseca Gusmão – SP
Lilian de Melo Silveira – SP
Luiz Antonio Ricco Nunes – SP
Manoel Joaquim Pereira dos Santos – SP
Ricardo Fonseca de Pinho – RJ
Ricardo P. Vieira de Mello – SP
Wilfrido Fernandez – Paraguay
