NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
ANPD publishes Cookies and Data Protection Guideline
by Nuria López, Paula Rodrigues | Oct 18, 2022 | Client Alert, Technology
Today (10/18), the Brazilian DPA (ANPD) published its Cookies and Data Protection Guidelines for the purpose of guiding processing agents on the best practices to be adopted on the subject, outlining points of attention regarding the rights and obligations of these...
Hague agreement awaits enactment after Senate approval
by Diogo Netto | Oct 7, 2022 | Client Alert, Industrial Design
The Draft Legislative Decree No. 274/22 was approved on 10/06/22, which deals with Brazil's accession to the Hague Agreement, on the international registration of Industrial Designs. The agreement aims to simplify procedures and reduce costs for registrations of...
New rules from ANVISA – National Agency of Sanitary Vigilance on labelling requirements
by Daniel IP | Oct 5, 2022 | Client Alert, Life Sciences
On September 15, 2022, the Federal Register published Resolution 751, which deals with risk classification, notification and registration regimes, and the labelling requirements and instructions for the use of medical devices. This resolution will come into force on...
Brazilian presidential election: what a Bolsanaro or Lula win means for trademark owners
by André Oliveira | Sep 29, 2022 | Articles, Legal
We are just days away from Brazilians heading to the polls to pick their next leader, and the result could have a significant impact on the brand protection ecosystem in Brazil. WTR talks with experts in the region about what the implications could be should incumbent...
Successful Patent Prosecution Highway program reaches annual limit in Brazil
by Gustavo Sartori, Marcelo Correa | Sep 29, 2022 | Client Alert, Patents
With the annual limit reached in September, new applications can only be submitted from 01/01/2023 onwards We ended the third quarter of 2022 reaching the annual limit of 800 applications under the Patent Prosecution Highway program. Reaching this limit so early in...
ANPD to take public contributions on processing personal data of children and adolescents
by Nuria López, Maraísa Cezarino | Sep 15, 2022 | Client Alert, Technology
On 09/08/22, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) announced on its website that it will accept public contributions on the topic of processing the personal data of children and adolescents. With this opening, the ANPD aims to build solid support for...
PPH requests have reached 90% of the threshold for full year 2022
by Giselle Maurício, Guilherme Coutinho | Aug 30, 2022 | Client Alert, Life Sciences
With the limit of 800 requests per annual cycle, the PPH Program is almost reaching the threshold for 2022. According to new Brazilian PTO’s Ordinance #13/2022, among others, the conditions to request participation into this program are: • 01 requirement/week per...
ANPD starts public consultation process on the assessment of LGPD sanctions
by Nuria López, Paula Rodrigues | Aug 18, 2022 | Client Alert, Technology
The ANPD has released a draft Resolution on the application of sanctions, in order to provide a necessary framework to exercise its sanctioning powers and complement the regulation on the inspection and administrative sanctioning processes (Resolution CD/ANPD No. 1 of...
New ANVISA rules for labelling of food enter into force on 10/09/2022
by Daniel IP | Aug 1, 2022 | Client Alert, Life Sciences
The aim of the standards is to improve the clarity and readability of food labels and thus help consumers make more conscious food choices. In addition to changes to the information table and nutrition claims, the novelty will be the adoption of nutrition labelling at...
Patent Prosecution Highway Acceleration Program between Brazil and South Korea is renewed
by Gustavo Sartori, Marcelo Correa | Jul 27, 2022 | Client Alert, Patents
The program recognizes patent protection as a key element in promoting technological innovation among countries. In July 2022, the National Institute of Industrial Property – INPI renewed the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program agreement with the Korean...
Brazilian Congress maintains Presidential Veto on Compulsory Licensing of Patents
by Ricardo Nunes, Roberto Ribeiro | Jul 13, 2022 | Articles, Client Alert, Patents
On Tuesday, July 6, 2022, the Brazilian National Congress analysed Presidential Veto No. 48, which provides for the compulsory license of patents (as per certain provisions of Law No. 14,200 of 2021). The Veto was maintained in its entirety by a majority of votes....
Brazilian Patent Prosecution Highway shows strong results in the first half of 2022
by Gustavo Sartori, Marcelo Correa | Jul 6, 2022 | Articles, Client Alert, Patents
The effectiveness of the acceleration program provides a timely reminder for you to act now and avoid missing the opportunity to obtain your patent through the PPH. The month of July started with significant news from the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial...
Standard ST.26 implementation for Sequence Listing files in Brazil: particularities
by Kene Gallois, Millena Lourenço | Jul 5, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Client Alert, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma, Prosecution
As previously informed, the transition of Sequence Listing files from Standard ST.25 to Standard ST.26 began last Friday (July 1st, 2022), worldwide. Despite following the rules of WIPO, each patent office is free to establish particularities related to this process....
Recent Reform on Brazilian Pharmaceutical Patents Showing Results
by Rana Gosain | Jun 28, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma
In 2021, the Brazilian legislature revoked a controversial article (Article 229-C) in the Brazilian IP Law, ending the participation of ANVISA (the Brazilian FDA) in examining Brazilian patent applications. As discussed below, the revocation of this article was a big...
WTO approves patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines
by Ricardo Nunes, Roberto Ribeiro | Jun 24, 2022 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma
On June 17 of 2022, the World Trade Organization announced that member countries agreed to a patent waiver covering Covid-19 vaccines. The decision follows two years of intense negotiations and is considered as a kind of partial waiver. The measure was presented as a...