NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
CADE Presents Study on Standard Essential Patents at Meeting with ABPI
by Viviane Kunisawa, Isabel Milman, Anny Gomes | Oct 13, 2025 | Client Alert, Regulatory
At a meeting held on Friday (10/10), members of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) presented the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI) with the study "Contributions of CADE: Essential Patents", which addresses the interaction between...
ANVISA Opens Public Consultation on the Regulation of Handmade Cosmetics and Hygiene Products
by Viviane Kunisawa, mariana.cuzziol | Oct 10, 2025 | Client Alert, Regulatory
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) has opened Public Consultation No. 1,353/2025 to discuss the regulation of handmade cosmetics, personal hygiene products, and perfumes. The proposal implements Law No. 15,154/2025, which amended Law No. 6,360/1976 and...
Practitioners sound warning over Brazil’s TM fee change
by Robert Daniel-Shores | Oct 7, 2025 | Articles, Trademarks
Leaders at two Brazilian law firms outline strategies to adjust to trademark fee changes at Brazil's IP office while urging clients to apply before September 20 Brazil’s Patent and Trademark Office will introduce a second phase of fee changes on September 20,...
CADE Seminar Addresses the Landscape of Standard-Essential Patents in Brazil and Abroad
by Viviane Kunisawa, Isabel Milman | Oct 3, 2025 | Client Alert, Regulatory
Last Thursday (September 25), CADE held the seminar Economy & Competition Defense: “International and National Overview of Standard-Essential Patents”, in which it presented the conclusions of its contributions on the topic of Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs), a...
Salary Equality Report between Women and Men – 2025.2
by Daniel Law | Sep 30, 2025 | Articles
Daniel Advogados presents, through this document, comprehensive information about the Transparency and Salary Equality Report between Women and Men reported to eSocial in 2025. On July 3, 2023, Law No. 14.611 was enacted, which addresses salary equality and...
BPTO strengthens cooperation with China and extends patent program until 2029
by Gustavo Sartori | Sep 29, 2025 | Client Alert, Patents
Agreement signed in Rio de Janeiro ensures greater efficiency and lower costs for Brazilian companies and innovators in the patent protection process. The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)...
Brazil’s 2025 Trademark Reforms: Opportunities and hurdles
by Robert Daniel-Shores | Sep 25, 2025 | Articles, Trademarks
Starting September 20, 2025, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO/INPI) will change how trademark applications are paid and prosecuted. The current two-step system — a filing fee and then a grant fee — will be replaced by a single fee paid at filing. This...
Expected Updates to the BRPTO PPH Program – Third Trimester of 2025
by Guilherme Calazans, Marcelo Correa | Sep 25, 2025 | Client Alert, Patents
As part of the ongoing Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) is expected to release new updates next week regarding Phase V of the program for the third trimester of 2025, further expanding its scope. In accordance...
São Paulo court recognizes improper use of the PYCNOGENOL® trademark and puts the brakes on Brazilian laboratories
by Fábio Leme | Sep 25, 2025 | Articles, Trademarks
Decisions by the São Paulo State Court of Justice expose the risk of consumers acquiring products that improperly use the PYCNOGENOL® brand, without the original substance or without a license from the owner. The São Paulo State Court of Justice has granted...
Beyond the Backlog: Brazil’s IP Changes and What Companies from Asia Should Know
by Robert Daniel-Shores | Sep 19, 2025 | Articles, Patents, REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE IP
Brazil has been steadily improving its intellectual property system. The national office (INPI) has reduced delays in patent and trademark examination, modernized its processes, and joined international treaties such as the Madrid Protocol and the Hague Agreement....
The Statute of Limitations for Royalties Recovering and the Circuit Split in Brazil
by Antonio Curvello, Julia Lins | Sep 15, 2025 | Business Transactions, Client Alert
In 2024, royalties and other payments for the use of intangible assets in Brazil —such as trademarks, software, industrial designs, and know-how — exceeded USD 109 billion, according to World Bank data¹. This figure corresponds to inflows recorded in the Balance of...
Brazil’s First Generative AI Copyright Dispute: Folha de S.Paulo v. OpenAI
by Nuria López, Robert Daniel-Shores, Renata Idie | Aug 27, 2025 | Articles
Folha da Manhã S.A. (publisher of Folha de S.Paulo) filed a lawsuit in São Paulo against OpenAI OpCo LLC, alleging that the company used its journalistic content without authorization to train and operate ChatGPT. According to the complaint, OpenAI’s use of Folha’s...
ANVISA sets new rules for the importation of liraglutide, semaglutide, and tirzepatide for compounding purposes
by Viviane Kunisawa, mariana.cuzziol | Aug 26, 2025 | Client Alert, Regulatory
On August 25, 2025, the Official Gazette of the Federal Government published Order No. 97 issued by ANVISA’s Collegiate Board, establishing stricter rules for the importation and compounding of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) acting as GLP-1 receptor...
Modern Environmental Licensing in Brazil Opens a New Chapter for Agribusiness
by mariana.cuzziol | Aug 19, 2025 | Articles
The enactment of Law No. 15,190, of August 8th, 2025—originating from the former Bill No. 2,159/2021—marks a decisive step toward modernizing environmental licensing in Brazil. This new legal framework introduces clearer and more uniform rules, aiming to balance...
From Excel to Excellence: How Daniel Law Built a Data-Driven Competitive Advantage in Brazilian IP
by Daniel Law | Aug 18, 2025 | Articles, Digital, Innovation
The Transformation Eight years ago, Daniel Law operated like most law firms. Richard Gris, now the firm’s Head of Data and Business Strategy, recalls those early days when Excel was the only path forward. “Eight years ago, we just used Excel spreadsheets. We went into...