NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
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...
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...
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 | 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...