Fraternization and inauguration of the boards of ABPI AND ABAPI
Relaxation, reunions and a lot of joy marked the happy hour of celebration and inauguration ceremony of the ABPI board, on Wednesday, 22nd, in the Casa Camolese hall, in Rio. Soon to speak, the president of ABPI, Gabriel Leonardos, re-elected for another term, he paid tribute to members and leaders of the association, who have now passed away. “It is a huge responsibility to keep the flame burning for everyone who came before us”, he said, thanking the support received in his first term by all directors, councilors, sectional representatives, Study Committee coordinators and staff of the Association. “Together, we test more for Brazil”, he concluded.
As always, at this year-end meeting ABPI and ABAPI (Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents) swore in their elected boards for the 2024-2025 financial year. At the ceremony, the former president of ABAPI, Álvaro Loureiro, wished success to his successor, lawyer Gabriel Di Blasi, who will take over management of the entity from January.
The party, with good music, drinks and snacks, brought together around 130 people, including invited illustrators, such as the president of INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property), Julio Cesar Moreira, the director of Patents, Alexandre Dantas Rodrigues, federal judge Márcia Nunes de Barros and the former president of INPI, Cláudio Furtado, among others
Below are those re-elected, according to the list indicated by the ABPI Nominations Committee for the 2024-2025 Biennium, including natural and lifelong members, who do not submit themselves to the election.
Executive committee:
President – Gabriel Francisco Leonardos
1st Vice-President – Peter Eduardo Siemsen
2nd Vice President – Tatiana Campello Lopes
Director-Rapporteur – Rodrigo Affonso de Ouro Preto Santos
Director-Secretary – Maria Inez de Araujo Abreu
Director-Treasurer – Antonella Carminatti
Director-Editor – Laetitia Maria Alice Pablo d’Hanens
Director-Attorney – Paulo Parente Marques Mendes
Board of Directors:
Sectional Representatives – are also members of the Board of Directors:
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 Moherdauí Blasi
Elected Members of the Board of Directors:
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 Denícola 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
Born 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
Honorary Lifetime 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