The Portuguese Association of Intellectual Law (Associação Portuguesa de Direito Intelectual - APDI) has elected the new members for its representative bodies having nominated Sofia de Vasconcelos Casimiro, consulting associate at VdA, for its Board, chaired by Prof. Dário Moura Vicente. Established in October 10 1995, the APDI is a cultural association with an academic basis and a national scope and is the sole Portuguese association dedicated to the study, teaching and promotion of Intellectual Law in all its aspects as well as in related areas such as Computer Law, Advertising Law and Consumer Law. It further supports the study, teaching and promotion of Bioethics and Health Law.