NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
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 Law | 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, 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 | 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...