IPO Officials met virtually with CNIPA Patent Examiners and shared UK practice on examining hybrid electric vehicles and hydrocarbon drilling technology.

Virtual bilateral meeting between IPO Director of Business and International Policy (in lieu of Director of Copyright and Enforcement) and Director-General of NCAC, to discuss copyright framework and enforcement.

In-person bilateral meeting between IPO CEO and CNIPA Head of Office at the WIPO GAs to discuss IP framework and upcoming legislative changes.

China Attaché presented at the China Trademark Festival at the Forum of International Trademark Law to promote the UK's Counterstatement System.

IPO supported a CITMA/ CIPA webinar to Chinese Patent and Trademark attorneys on UK's IP protection post-Brexit, the EU's new unitary patent system and UK's counter-notice system.

Meeting with Cyberages, Public Prosecutor's Office of Sao Paulo and industry associations to share best practices on combating piracy.

UK IPO lecture in ABPI's international congress for women in IP regarding artificial intelligence.

Collaborative educational campaigns with CNCP and other government bodies to enhance public awareness and understanding of the dangers of counterfeit products and the consequences of buying and using them, with a focus on the medicine and cosmetics sector.

Mission for training in London for Brazilian prosecutors to share intel and share best practices for combating piracy.

Launch of the laboratory for investigation of ciber operations (ciberlab) of the Public Ministry of Sao Paulo. The IPO talked about the importance of protecting IP, sharing best practices, and best ways of combating piracy.

Lecture for Industry and Enforcement Agencies to discuss best practices in the combat against illegal markets.

Meeting with the Undersecretary for International Affairs of the São Paulo State Government for collaboration projects between the State and the UK in IP.

Meeting with INPI to exchange best practices and knowledge on Artificial Intelligence and IP.

Bilateral meeting with ANATEL (Brazil's Telecom Agency) to discuss best practices fighting online piracy.

Participation in the Women in IP event to discuss best practices in IP and gender issues in Brazil.

Bilateral meeting between the UK IPO CEO and INPI's President (National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil) to discuss collaboration between the two countries; what are the biggest challenges to be tackled regarding IP in Brazil; sharing best practices between the two offices, updating recent IP legislation in Brazil and in the UK.

First dialogue between Foreign Governments and members of the Brazilian Government who work with the Intellectual Property agenda in Brazil, with the aim at learning about this new Administration's priorities and activities, as well as sharing best practices.

Participation in the phase 5 of Operation 404, which aims at combating all crimes against IP, including physical infringement, piracy and online crime. This year Operation 404 was able to suspend 72 domains dedicated to copyright infringement in Peru and 25 in the United Kingdom. In Brazil 102 illegal streaming and gaming sites, 63 music apps, 128 dynamic domain were blocked, in addition to the blocking of 6 messaging app channels, which had more than 4,000 subscribers and were used for distribution of songs not officially released.

IP Country Guide launch to support businesses to navigate the local IP system.