Industrial property in Brazil, regulated by Law 9.279/1996, has as one of its intangible assets, the geographical indication. This is defined as a record that distinguishes the origin of a product or a service existing in a given territory, be it a place, a city, a region or even a country. The IG is able to contribute to the territorial socioeconomic development, through a synergistic action with the other local actors. The present study sought to explore the geographical indication of service, in view of its unusual character in Brazil and in the world, and had as its object the segment of gastronomic services in the city of Tiradentes, Minas Gerais. In addition to its well-known history and architecture, the city has become notorious for housing an out-of-home food service center, as evidenced by publications extracted from scientific databases and the mass media. In 2017, Tiradentes ran for UNESCO's Network of Creative Cities for Gastronomy, with the support of the state government, which assumes a considerable vigor of the APL in the territory. To carry out the diagnosis, secondary sources such as articles, dissertations and theses extracted from newspapers, magazines and scientific platforms, books, international and Brazilian legislation, as well as official data from the food service sector, were consulted, through consultation of the Observatory's website. of Tourism in Minas Gerais. Consultations were also carried out on the websites of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, the National Institute of Industrial Property, the Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, among others. Personal documents of city residents and entrepreneurs were also analyzed. Data collection was performed virtually by Google Forms. As for the results, the APL of gastronomic services, even with its promising trajectory and reach of some notoriety, with the practices of creative cuisine and the adoption of the "Slow Food" movement ("slow cooking"), much acclaimed today, does not present potential. for recognition by geographical indication of the species indication of origin. The elements that refute this possibility are the minority presence of natives as chefs and entrepreneurs and the traditional Minas Gerais cuisine, weakening the link between the productive arrangement of services and local history and culture, and the extrapolation of the geographic area by service providers, due to the performance of some of them in other cities, which generates the loss of exclusivity of the Tiradentes territory over the notorious services. Although the legislation only requires notoriety for the granting of GI of the type indication of origin, which is controversial in the doctrine, since this registration has as its main objective the safeguarding of tradition rooted in a certain local culture, such a declaratory act is not justified for service that breaks with the history and cultural heritage of a community. In the conclusions, reform of art. 177 of the LPI by the legislature and forwarding of future studies for the implementation of a collective mark in the Tiradentes APL. 

This work aims to analyze a process of transforming credit card receivables into tokens (digital assets) in Brazil, through the application of Blockchain technology, in order to verify the competitiveness gains for companies through the reduction of dependency of financial intermediaries and the increase in the supply of resources to finance their needs. For that, a qualitative and descriptive research was used, in which we sought to describe the phenomenon of tokenization of assets and its relationship with the forms of financing companies. It seeks to demonstrate that the use of Blockchain technology allows the elimination of financial intermediaries, through smartcontracts and tokenization of credit card receivables. Disintermediation makes it possible to increase the volume of offers of resources destined to finance business activities and, consequently, to reduce the interest rate charged, improving the competitiveness of companies.

The main objective of this research was to analyze the resources of the Support Program for the Technological Innovation Center, granted by FAPEMIG to the NITs, their distribution, as well as the results achieved over the years, in order to understand how such a program has contributed to the development of innovation in the State of Minas Gerais. As specific objectives, we sought to collect data made available by the MCTI in the period from 2000 to 2020 with regard to the evolution of Federal Government spending on ST&I and R&D, with emphasis on the State of Minas Gerais; in addition to verifying the results achieved over the years in comparison with the volumes of resources contributed by FAPEMIG to the NITs. For this, a descriptive research was carried out, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, in which bibliographical and documental research were used through data collection in reports and information made available by FAPEMIG. The context of the study was directed towards society in general, in particular for ICT's in Minas Gerais, so that transparency was given to the results of the resources spent by FAPEMIG. Preliminary results show Brazil improved its position in the ranking of the Global Innovation Index, although it is not its best position; the data also show that there has been an increase in resources allocated to ST&I over the years; business expenditures represent a smaller percentage of investments made than public investments; there is a significant participation of the States in the provision of public resources for ST&I and in R&D, although it does not occur in an equitable way. Regarding the expenditures granted by FAPEMIG, in the period from 2001 to 2021, 14 public calls were launched that supported a total of 236 projects. About 77% of the amount of resources made available were allocated to federal institutions, 18% to state institutions and 5% to private institutions. Of the resources fostered by FAPEMIG, more than 98% were used to cover funding expenses (scholarships, other third-party services, per diems, tickets, operating expenses, consumables, software, books, consulting, bibliographic material, among others), while that capital expenditures (related to permanent materials and equipment) absorbed only 1.76% of the amounts spent. The data show that the support granted by FAPEMIG, through public calls, is essential for the creation, maintenance and strengthening of the NITs

Incubators emerged with the purpose of fostering the creation of new companies, contributing to the development of incubated companies by providing an environment conducive to accelerating the process of technological innovation. Bearing in mind the growth in the number of incubators in Brazil, the National Association of Entities Promoting Innovative Enterprises (ANPROTEC) and the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE) made efforts to develop the Reference Center for Support to New Enterprises (CERNE), aiming at qualifying and leveling the performance of business incubators in the country. Based on this context, this work aims to analyze the main difficulties faced by business incubators during the certification process in the CERNE methodology, as well as to identify the mechanisms used to overcome such challenges. To this end, this project began with a bibliographical survey to theoretically support the study and adapt the research outlines. The research will have a quantitative approach of a descriptive nature, and data collection will take place through questionnaires sent, via google forms, to business incubators located in Minas Gerais and associated with ANPROTEC. Although there are few published studies on the implementation of the CERNE methodology, there is feasibility of carrying out the research according to the proposed methodology and due to the importance of the theme for those involved. It is intended to identify the main difficulties encountered during the process of implementing the CERNE model and the mechanisms used to overcome such challenges, and thus help business incubator managers in understanding and implementing it. It is also intended to present the main difficulties encountered during the implementation process of the CERNE model, the mechanisms used to overcome such challenges, the situation of Minas Gerais incubators associated with ANPROTEC regarding the implementation of each key practice of the CERNE maturity level 1, as well as the degree of difficulty of implementing the key processes at the said level of maturity, in addition to identifying the position and training area of the team members responsible for implementing the CERNE methodology.

In the present study, from the recognition of the importance of micro and small companies in the socioeconomic bias and the technological advance that imposes the need for innovation, mainly promoted by startups, to guarantee the competitiveness and development of the economy, an attempt was made to better understand the appropriate public policies, especially from a legal point of view. The Legal Framework for Startups is part of this scenario, seeking to regulate the model of startups and innovative entrepreneurship, recognizing its relevance to align the Brazilian market with global development and adapt the legislative framework to technological developments. Using the deductive scientific method to achieve the specific objectives proposed in this research, and following the exploratory and descriptive formats, through two main procedural instruments: the bibliographic and the documentary, the proposal was to present the main subjects and innovations dealt with in the aforementioned diploma legal, in addition to analyzing how public policies are important in promoting and consolidating these new business models and how these are essential for local economic development through micro and small companies, especially after the regulation of LC 182/2021. The draft bill proposed to the municipality of Betim has the potential to bring positive impacts to the various actors and environments that promote innovation, mainly to the public authorities, by demonstrating the current conjecture and the need for adjustments for the growth of the local economy.

The Geographical Indication (GI) is a legal institute for the protection of products and or services that have differentiated qualities resulting from the originating geographic environment and have the potential to generate many benefits, encouraging local development. The pewter handcrafts of São João Del Rei is a unique artistic manifestation, an expression of the identify and culture of the city, characterized by its differentiated production since the 1960s, but maintaining the colonial production characteristics of the 18th century. The recognition of the notoriety of this handcrafts was requested in 2010 and recognized by INPI in 2012. The purpose of this work was to analyze the perceptions of artisans about the results of the registration of indication of the origin of São João del Rei, in the ten years after the registration. To this end, the research adopted a qualitative approach of descriptive nature, with a case study strategy. The data was collected though bibliographical and documentary research, interviews and questionnaires, whit the pewter handcraft producers. In relation to the results obtained, it was found that producers expected the benefits of GI to include increased sales and revenue, the dissemination of craftsmanship, the creation of a strong brand and certification of product quality. For 87.5% of the producers, these results were not perceived. It was found that challenges such as the lack of knowledge about the GI among the population, publicizing the products and the strengthening of associations between producers, with the consequent strengthening of the artisans' association, need to be addressed if the GI is to achieve the expected benefits. However, despite the fact that the benefits have not been perceived, the producers of São João Del Rei's pewter handicrafts consider the registration of the GI to be relevant.

This term paper addresses social technologies as a tool to promote the development and improvement of solidarity economy enterprises. The literature points out that social technologies are cooperative efforts between social agents, non-governmental institutions, public authorities and research institutions that converge in the interest of leveraging economic, solidarity and local development. From the perspective presented, the research analyzes the role of the solidarity economy in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Minas/MG, based on Municipal Law nº 977/2015. It proposes the development of a tool based on indicators, with the objective of building subsidies for the decision-making of the factors involved in the aforementioned process of actions related to the solidarity economy in the municipality. The tool here called the analytical framework consists of defining the indicators with the participation of the people involved in the projects and the gathering of these indicators as a management tool. Therefore, an exploratory research was carried out, anchored in qualitative aspects, using the case study as a strategy. Data collection took place through a bibliographic study; documental research in secondary sources, such as laws, documents from the Technological Incubator of Popular Cooperatives (ITCP), enterprises and the city hall; the application of questionnaires to solidarity entrepreneurs involved in all actions related to the solidarity economy of the municipality to define the indicators. Once the indicators were defined, the Microsoft Excel® tool was used to create the analytical framework. The data show that social technologies are extremely necessary for the development of these enterprises and that incentives, through existing public policies, still need to take shape and strength to meet society's desires and transfer the knowledge generated in Federal Education Institutions (IFEs). ). Convergent actions and partnerships that combine the extension of IFEs, public policies, local solidarity entrepreneurs and public and non-governmental institutions, focused on innovation and development, in search of rescuing the citizenship of marginalized groups are needed.

The assessment of quality in education is an important milestone to ensure active, innovative, effective education that meets international efficiency standards. Globally, postgraduate evaluation is a dynamic process that, adopted as a strategy of continuous improvement, maintains the quality of teaching and guarantees the applicability of the results of its scientific research. In Brazil, this process is controlled by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), a government agency that monitors the programs, promotes and evaluates their development, social and international performance. The evaluation process carried out by CAPES is conducted by area commissions and uses the Sucupira Platform to collect data from the programs for the generation of reports and quality indicators. The completion of this platform is carried out by the managers of the graduate programs, who are responsible for collecting the data relevant to the evaluation from students, professors and administrative systems and launching them efficiently on the Sucupira Platform. In this context, it is important to understand the CAPES evaluation process and the complexity of using the Sucupira Platform from the perception of graduate program managers. This work aimed to identify the way in which the managers of postgraduate courses in the large area of Administration perceive the process of collecting and releasing data on the Sucupira Platform, how these managers manage this data and what is the role of the evaluation of graduate studies carried out by CAPES in the perception of managers. Based on this, a bibliographical and documentary research was carried out to better familiarize with the research topic and the application of a semi-structured questionnaire to collect primary data from the public studied. For data analysis, the triangulation technique was used. At the end of the research, it was concluded that postgraduate program managers recognize the importance of CAPES accreditation and evaluation for the growth and consolidation of national postgraduate studies. However, it was observed that there is a gap in the evaluation process, accompanied by a certain difficulty for graduate managers to collect and manage program information in order to achieve a better evaluation with CAPES, translating the real results measured by the programs . It was also noticed that, as already pointed out in the literature, the use of knowledge management tools and practices are essential to guarantee an effective management of the programs, thus aiming at a good evaluation of them by CAPES.

Artificial Intelligence "is a branch of computer science research that seeks, through computational symbols, to build mechanisms and/or devices that simulate the human being's ability to think, solve problems, that is, to be intelligent" (SANTOS, 2021). At the National Institute of Intellectual Property – INPI, AI is analyzed from the perspective of a Computer Program, defined in law 9,609 of February 19, 1998. Thus, the general objective of this study is to analyze the legal consequences brought about by the use of Intelligence Artificial and how Brazilian legislation has protected the common citizen, facing possible conflicts involving this technology, based on the lecture given by Minister Luiz Fux, of the Federal Supreme Court, in September 2019, at the event “New Trends in Common Law – Artificial Intelligence, Economic Analysis of Law and Civil Procedure”, in London – England Thus, the intention is to point out the probable gaps in Brazilian legislation involving issues related to the use of Artificial Intelligence, such as Intellectual Property, knowing the various practices and related forms of protection using this innovation and examining the various ways in which it can be used in other countries and understand how AI impacts society as a whole. To this end, the available national and international bibliography will be used, as well as articles and technology and legal journals that report on the proposed topic. The method used will be the inductive one, starting from the lecture given by the STF Minister, Luiz Fux. The present work is justified in view of the likely consequences that the use of AI can generate in the judicial sphere, whether in the protection of intellectual property or in the protection of the rights of ordinary citizens, exposed to a possible harmful event, as a result of its use of Artificial Intelligence by third parties. The legal system protects Artificial Intelligence as Intellectual Property, leaving the common citizen exposed, without safeguards in relation to the possibility of being a victim of harmful events caused by technology. There is still no legal consensus on the indispensability of creating specific standards or institutes to address issues related to AI. There are several questions, but there is little literature to help us unravel this issue.

Sugarcane cultivation represented an important historical and economic activity in Brazil. From sugarcane came the cane liquor or artisanal cachaça, a beverage with great appeal for the protection of their way of making. Considering it, the Geographical Indication (GI) emerges as an opportunity to spread artisanal cachaças recognition around the country and abroad. Despite Brazilian potential for many GI to artisanal cachaças, only three GIs are granted for the product in the country. Coronel Xavier Chaves has been recognized to produce artisanal cachaça, in this way the aim of this work was to verify the potential of this municipality to acquire the GI registration for its produced cachaça. So, was obtained: the perception of the producers related to the GI using field research; the recognition of the notoriety of cachaças by survey research; the identification of the GI modality most appropriate, using the information acquired from the producers and the municipality; the investigation of institutions capable of acting in the IG requested; and, finally, a proposal of a specification booklet. About 80% of the producers maintain a family tradition, producing around 156,000 liters of artisanal cachaça by year. There are pieces of evidence illustrating the existence of know-how associated with artisanal cachaça production through generations. This municipality has the oldest mill in operation in Brazil, where nine generations before, produces cachaça. The cachaça of Coronel Xavier Chaves appears recurrently in national quality rankings of cachaças suggesting notoriety and quality. Despite all indicators that the municipality has a great potential to obtain the GI seal, there are two significant obstacles to reaching it. First, is the absence of an association of the producers of artisanal cachaça. Second, and consequently, the weak connection among producers. Even though the great advantages of a GI for artisanal cachaça of Coronel Xavier Chaves municipality, it will be not possible without local institutions' assistance to the producers to solve these obstacles and only after, to offer its benefits to the municipality.

Geographical Indication (GI) is a modality of intellectual property that recognizes a location as the origin
of a product or service due to its peculiar quality, reputation or characteristic related specifically to the
origin. It brings relevant economic, social, cultural and environmental importance for that location. There
are several ways to protect GIs and its application and interpretation vary in different jurisdictions through
specific regulatory systems. Currently In Brazil the Law 9279 of May 14, 1996, is the legal framework that
regulates GI. This law establishes two types of protection for geographical indications, Indications of
Origin (IO) and Designations of Origin (DO). In the scientific field, the theme has several relevant works
that have been published. The main areas of publication are agriculture, economics, food science and
technology, geography, and social sciences. Given the relevance of geographical indications, it is
important to know the field of scientific studies that have been carried out on this subject. In this context,
the present study has the general objective of analyzing the scientific evolution of studies on
geographical indication by mapping the intellectual, conceptual and social structures of the field. To
achieve this objective a bibliometric and scientometric research was carried out. The data was collected
from the Web of Science database and analyzed using Bibliometrix, CitNetExplorer, Vosviewer and
CiteSpace software. At the end of the study, the following results are expected: demonstrate the state of
the art of the referred theme through the analysis of the intellectual structure of the analyzed articles; the
measure of scientific collaboration between the authors, i.e. the social structure of the theme; the
dynamics of the conceptual structure of the field, through the analysis of the evolution of the theme and
the topics associated with the lines of research; and, also, to evaluate the trends for future research,
through the analysis of the gaps in the literature proposed by the analyzed articles.

The aim of this study was to analyze the application of formal devices foreseen by the Federal Innovation Law in the technology transfer processes of the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ) to companies. The interaction between universities and companies is of major importance as presupposed by the Triple Helix model (university-companies-government). The research institutes and universities are some of the main generators of scientific knowledge in Brazil, which can be disseminated and absorbed by companies. However, there is little transfer of technology from these institutions to the private sector. One of the reasons which explains the low effectiveness of the process is related to bureaucratic procedures inherent to the public institutions involved. Therefore, to implement the transfer of technology from federal university to companies, studies indicate that institutional norms and provisions of the legislation governing the matter must be efficiently applied, in particular the Federal Innovation Law number 10.973, from December 2nd of 2004, updated by the Law number 13.243, from January 11th of 2016. In order to discuss this issue, it is necessary to analyze specific case studies, as the institutional apparatus that involves the university-company interaction may vary between institutions. For that, methodologically, a qualitative-exploratory study was developed, which adopted the single case study technique, through semi-structured interviews and document analysis of the UFSJ administrative resolutions of processes (DUARTE, 2004; TRIVIÑOS, 1987). The UFSJ partially applies the formal devices of technology transference foreseen by the Federal Innovation Law. Only the provisions of the assignment and licensing and partnership agreements for research, development and innovation (RD&I) are minimally regulated internally. The devices of provision of specialized technical services or the creation of spin-offs through the participation of the institution with minority capital are not applied due to the lack of standardization. Even those devices applied still lack clearer rules about the administrative procedures involved. The results showed that the main problems to transfer technology through formal devices foreseen by the Federal Innovation Law at UFSJ refer to issues related to the bureaucracy inherent to administrative procedures and to the allocation of specialized personnel in sufficient quantity to meet the demands. These problems constitute barriers that prevent the provision of specialized technical services and the creation of spin-offs with the Institution’s shareholding. The other devices of technology transference studied, the licensing/assignment of technology and the partnership agreement for RD&I, although with implanted processes, suffer from the effects of the problems mentioned. Therefore, this work contributes, in a practical way, by presenting proposals for improvements in procedural flows, aiming at the rationalization, improvement and implementation of standards for the effectiveness of the processes of technology transference from UFSJ to companies, in order to mitigate the problems identified in the application of formal devices and contribute to the strengthening of the innovation policy to be reviewed and improved by the higher administration of the investigated university. 

This work aims to evaluate the methodology used by the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ) to measure the maturity of the technology developed by its researchers, intended for transfer to the productive sector, in order to propose improvements in this procedure. Therefore, the perception of the Institution’s researchers, who develop technological research is analyzed, on the indicators of technological maturity defined by the Technical Standard ABNT NBR ISO 16290:2015, the technical standard which guides the application of the Technology Readiness Level methodology (TRL), commonly used for this activity in Brazil. In order to support the elaboration of TRL scales suitable for each technology being measured, a literature survey was carried out on the methodologies for measuring technological maturity, based on levels, in order to establish a bank of indicators for use by the UFSJ. Finally, a methodology for evaluating the potential of transfer technologies is proposed, based on the maturity levels, to be used by UFSJ. For this, an applied quantitative and qualitative research was done. The primary data collection was done by the application of semi-structured questionnaires to researchers at the institution, and the secondary data collection was done by bibliographical research, and documentary research with UFSJ’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation (NETEC). This work contributes in identifying more appropriate application and methodologies based on TRL to measure the maturity of technologies developed by universities, considering the expansion of the scope of attributes of the technologies and adding useful indicators in monitoring the positioning of the technology in relation to the state of the art and the market.