NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
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, Cannabis, 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...
A Provisional Measure that transforms the ANPD an autarchy of special nature has been approved
by Nuria López, Paula Rodrigues | Jun 21, 2022 | Articles, Digital, Internet, Technology
On June 13 of this year, Provisional Measure (MP) no. 1,124, which transforms the National Data Protection Authority - ANPD into a special autonomous government agency was published. Although the legal competencies and organizational structure have not been changed,...
A Seat at the Table
by Robert Daniel-Shores | Jun 9, 2022 | Articles, Diversity, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
The management and maintenance of trademark portfolios has always been important, but as technology develops, the focus on portfolios has heightened. Trademark administrators are leading the charge in ensuring legal teams can keep up, as Sarah Morgan reports....
Recent IP protection measures in Brazil
by Rana Gosain | Jun 7, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Counterfeiting, Industrial Design, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks
Japan is a key strategic partner for Brazil in Asia. The official ties between the two countries can be traced back to the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation in 1895. Today, enormous opportunities exist for co-operation between the two...
Brazilian PTO opens Public Consultation on Technical Note BRPTO/CPAPD #01/2022, regarding the patentability of inventions associated with transgenic plants, especially elite events
by Samantha Salim, Millena Lourenço | Jun 7, 2022 | Articles, Client Alert, Life Sciences, Patents
On June 01, 2022, the Brazilian PTO announced, through Official Gazette #103, that the Public Consultation on Technical Note BRPTO/CPAPD #01/2022 is open. As previously reported, this Public Consultation aims to discuss the content of said Technical Note, which is...
Brazilian PTO announces additional clarifications on the implementation of Sequence Listing files in Standard ST.26
by Kene Gallois, Millena Lourenço | Jun 7, 2022 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents
Continuing our previous communications on the transition of Sequence Listing files from Standard ST.25 (.txt) to the Standard ST.26 (.xml) for patent applications, the Brazilian PTO officially confirmed today that: (I) for new patent applications, all Sequence Listing...
Tales of the Protocol
by Roberta Arantes | May 17, 2022 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Legal, Legal & IP Strategy, Prosecution, Trademarks
With 128 member countries and counting, the Madrid System is a shining example of intellectual property (IP) harmonization. Tom Phillips spoke to attorneys working in its newest member states about what joining means to them. Originally conceived in 1891 to...
PPH requests reached over half the annual threshold by Abril 2022
by Guilherme Coutinho, Lívia Meirelles | May 3, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Patents, Prosecution
With a limit of 800 participation requests per annual cycle, the PPH Program had already reached more than half of this threshold by April of this year. According to new Brazilian PTO Ordinance #13/2022, among others, the conditions to request participation into this...
Public Consultation – Brazilian PTO’s technical note regarding the patentability of inventions associated with transgenic plants is temporarily suspended
by Samantha Salim, Millena Lourenço | Apr 22, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma, Prosecution
On April 19, 2022, the Brazilian PTO published in Industrial Property Journal #2676 the suspension of the applicability of the Technical Note BRPTO/CPAPD #01/2022 of March 2022, which was directed to clarify the patentability requirements for inventions related to...
Brazilian PTO clarifies patentability requirements for inventions related to transgenic plants, especially elite events
by Samantha Salim, Millena Lourenço | Mar 25, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma, Prosecution
Background: Based on the provisions of Article 10 (IX) of the Brazilian IP Law # 9,279/96, natural living beings (animals and plants), in whole or in part (such as cells), as well biological material, when found in nature or isolated therefrom are not considered to be...
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by Karoline Coelho | Mar 15, 2022 | Articles, Default
Reinstating your patent or application in Brazil based on the COVID-19 emergency
by Marketing Daniel IP | Jan 19, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Patents, Prosecution
We would like to bring to your attention a recent ordinance issued by the Brazilian PTO on the possibility of reinstating patent applications or patents in cases where a deadline or legal term has not been met during the prosecution due to the COVID-19 emergency. More...
New ordinances relating to the accelerated patent prosecution in Brazil come into force in early 2022
by Guilherme Coutinho, Samantha Salim | Jan 12, 2022 | Articles, Brazil, Industrial Design, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Patents, Prosecution
The Brazilian PTO published at the end of last year new ordinances # 53, 54 and 55, which regulate the accelerated patent prosecution of patent applications in Brazil. Below are summarized the main issues addressed by each ordinance. If you have any questions, please...