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Ordinance PR # 56/2021: Brazilian PTO postpones obligation to submit Sequence Listing file in Standard ST.26 format to July 2022
by Samantha Salim, Millena Lourenço | Jan 4, 2022 | Articles, Brand Conflict, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma, Prosecution
On December 28, the Brazilian PTO published Ordinance PR # 56/2021, with new conditions for the submission of Sequence Listing files. The new ordinance comes into effect from today (January 03, 2022), and revokes Ordinance PR # 405/2020. The previous Ordinance (PR #...
BRPTO launches Phase III of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program
by Daniel Law | Dec 30, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Patents, Prosecution
Recently, the Brazilian PTO (BRPTO) published, in its Official Gazette No. 2659, Rule #055/2021 that implements Phase III of the PPH Pilot Program, which will run from January 1st, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The main differences between the recently announced Phase...
Violence Against Women: It’s Time to Break the Silence
by Isabella Cardozo | Dec 22, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Diversity
Although the 20th century inaugurated the modern era of women in the labor market, we are still living a transitional experience as we progress through the 21st century. In general, women continue to earn less than men and face the challenge of balancing their career...
Brazil and Portugal establish Patent Prosecution Highway partnership
by Daniel Law | Dec 20, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Patents, Prosecution
On December 16, the Brazilian PTO (BRPTO) and the Portuguese National IP Institute (INPI-PT) signed a partnership agreement for a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot-project, directed to patent applications filed in both offices. The Pilot-project will run for 5...
Five Must-Have Tips for Expediting Trademark Lawsuits in Brazil
by Rafael Rocha, Paulo Armando | Dec 7, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Litigation, Trademarks
Civil processes and procedures in the Brazilian Courts have been increasingly expedited due to the digitalization of case files and the assignment of courts specialized in specific matters (for instance, in corporate and intellectual property law). But the timeframe...
Brazil in the race to join top cannabis markets?
by Robert Daniel-Shores | Nov 19, 2021 | Articles, Cannabis, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences
Brazil is slowly changing its own position towards cannabis-based products in the region, with the background of growing investment in the medicinal benefits of marijuana and having recently provided new rules allowing for the regulated use of medical marijuana...
Tech Roundup: Patent delays deter innovation in Brazil
by Roberto Ribeiro | Nov 18, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Patents, Prosecution
The main news about tech and innovation in Brazil. This week: patent delays, instant payments, real estate startups This week. WIPO claims Brazil still world’s slowest in granting patents. PIX completes first year of operations revolutionizing Brazil’s payment system....
The impacts of ending ANVISA’S participation in the examination of Brazilian patent applications
by Kene Gallois, Samantha Salim | Oct 4, 2021 | Articles, Daniel Inova, DANIEL INOVA LIFE SCIENCES, Life Sciences
About a month after the publication of Law # 14,195/21, which revoked Article 229-C of the Brazilian IP Law, it is already possible to observe significant impacts in the examination of patent applications that were pending at ANVISA (the Brazilian FDA) awaiting review...
Electric vehicles in Brazil: a patent-based analysis
by Camila Conegundes | Sep 13, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Mechanics, Patents, Prosecution, Technology
In 2020, the automotive market was drastically affected by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Production that year fell by more than 15%, while sales were down by more than 8% from the preceding year. However, for the year 2021 there is a prospect of growth in the...
Biological Sequence Listing Using XML in Patent Applications: Implementation Plan And Main Modifications
by Kene Gallois, Millena Lourenço | Sep 9, 2021 | Articles, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma, Prosecution
At the end of 2020, the Brazilian PTO published Ordinance PR # 405 with new rules for presenting the Sequence Listing files as part of biotechnology patent applications. The transition from WIPO Standard ST.25 to Standard ST.26 takes effect globally on January 1,...
Understanding the sudden changes to Brazil’s Internet Law
by Daniel Law | Sep 9, 2021 | DANIEL INOVA TECHNOLOGY, Technology
On September 6, the Brazilian President enacted Provisional Measure No. 1,068 of 2021, amending the provisions of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet). This move regulates some issues on the use of social networks, with...
Daniel Law slashes IT infrastructure costs by 40% with cloud computing
by Alicia Daniel-Shores | Sep 8, 2021 | Articles, Digital, Technology
Com uma história de 60 anos oferecendo serviços jurídicos especializados em propriedade intelectual, a empresa abraçou a transformação tecnológica e agora move todos os procedimentos de negócios para a nuvem Agilidade nos procedimentos, segurança, confiabilidade e...
The convergence of 5G and IoT
by Beatriz Beserra | Sep 6, 2021 | Daniel Inova, DANIEL INOVA TECHNOLOGY, Digital, Technology
The integration of these technologies is one of the factors that can drive society towards development, in addition to speeches about a new technological revolution Organizational culture has been undergoing significant changes due to technological development for...
What to expect from the examination of cannabinoid patent applications after ruling out ANVISA’s interference
by Kene Gallois, Samantha Salim | Sep 2, 2021 | Articles, Cannabis, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma
Brazilian law # 14,195/21 revoking Article 229-C of the Brazilian IP Law was recently sanctioned by the Presidency, leading to intense debate on how this will affect the examination of patent applications in future. Based on the provisions of said article, any patent...
Major development in the prosecution of life sciences patents in Brazil: ANVISA is kicked out of the process
by Kene Gallois, Rafael Salomão | Aug 27, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma, Prosecution
After being sanctioned by the Presidency, a Brazilian statute suppressing the role played by the National Health Surveillance Agency – ANVISA (the Brazilian FDA) in the examination of patent applications pertaining to the life sciences field was published today in the...