NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
ANVISA Publishes Manuals for Examination and Prior Consent of Patent Applications
by Rafael Salomão, Samantha Salim | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma, Prosecution
The Brazilian National Agency for Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA) has published four manuals related to examination and prior consent with respect to pharmaceutical patent applications. The main purpose of these manuals is to provide clear and objective guidance in...
Brazil’s INPI Announces Virtual Showcase for IP Owners
by Rafael Salomão | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Patents
The Brazilian National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) is creating a virtual showcase for IP owners to display and advertise their Brazilian assets. According to INPI, the goal of the project is to facilitate technology transfer and IP licensing in Brazil....
Brazil Implements Fast Track Option for Startups
by Rafael Salomão | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Patents, Prosecution
This summer the Brazilian National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) implemented a new fast-track option for the examination of patent applications, which is dedicated to local startups. To benefit from this new option, the applicant must present a certificate,...
Brazil issues public consultation on patent examination guidelines for software-implemented inventions
by Rafael Salomão | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Patents, Prosecution, Software and Telecom, Technology
The Brazilian National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) has initiated a public consultation to revise its Patent Examination Guidelines for Software-Implemented Inventions. According to the Brazilian Patent Statute, computer programs by themselves are not...
Brazil announces two additional fast track options for patent examination
by Rafael Salomão | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Patents, Prosecution
The Brazilian National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) announced two new fast-track options for the examination of patent applications, which were effective starting yesterday, September 1. The first is available for applications covering “technologies...
Brazil: PTO reduces patent backlog by 14% in just four months
by Ricardo Nunes, Rafael Salomão | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Patents, Prosecution
The Brazilian PTO celebrated a remarkable achievement at the beginning of the new year. In just four months, the office managed to reduce the patent backlog by 14%. Further important milestones towards eliminating the backlog for good are expected to be reached...
Brazilian Patent Backlog’s Days Are Numbered: Meet The Standardized Office Action Program
by Ricardo Nunes, Rafael Salomão | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, IP Prosecution & Counseling, Patents, Patents
The days of one of the world’s most severe patent backlogs are numbered. The Brazilian PTO has just implemented a bold new program to get rid of its enduring patent backlog problem within the course of the next 2 years. The groundbreaking project is called...
Brazil: President promulgates “key changes to the final version of the LGPD”
by Renato Malafaia | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Digital, Technology
The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, promulgated, on 8 July 2019, Law No. 13.853 of 8 July 2019, Amending Law No. 13.709 of 14 August 2018 (‘LGPD’), to Provide for the Protection of Personal Data and for the Creation of the National Data...
Another major step forward in Brazil: Patent Prosecution Highway became tech-neutral, covering all areas of technology
by Ricardo Nunes | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Patents, Prosecution, Technology
We are writing to report good news: in addition to recent measures implemented by the Brazilian PTO towards fixing the patent backlog in the course of the next 18 months, the Brazilian PTO decided to make all Patent Prosecution Highway Programs tech-neutral as of...
Brazil: Say ‘bye-bye’ to the backlog?
by Ricardo Nunes | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Patents, Prosecution
Excitement is building around a new scheme to tackle Brazil’s patent backlog, says Ricardo Dutra Nunes of Daniel Law The Brazilian patent and trademark office (INPI) has officially introduced its long-awaited plan to solve Brazil’s enduring patent backlog problem. The...
Brazil’s brand-new program to get rid of the patent backlog
by Ricardo Nunes | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Patents, Prosecution
The Brazilian PTO has introduced its long-awaited plan to solve its patent backlog, a project called “Preliminary Standardized Office Action Program”. The idea is to reduce the backlog by 80% over next 2 years – after which the PTO estimates to take less than 24...
How is the Madrid Protocol faring in Brazil?
by Robert Daniel-Shores, Roberta Arantes | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Legal, Trademarks
Brazil is one of the newest members of the Madrid Protocol. It has been part of the protocol since October 2 2019. An international system was long overdue and less than 10 months in it has received 5,500+ BR designations, covering 13,300+ classes. Accession was...
INPI’s decisions can be challenged at Brazilian courts
by Robert Daniel-Shores | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Trademarks
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) does not have to be the final stop. Going to court has become more than ever a viable option to challenge the INPI’s decisions. Brazil has notoriously had a problem with delayed decisions from the INPI. At its worst,...
Brazil’s first national IP strategy heralds benefits for biopharma innovators
by Roberto Ribeiro | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma
A draft for what will be Brazil’s first comprehensive national strategy for IP policy has been published by the country’s government, with a view to ushering in a 10-year period of reform. The document highlights several important legal questions relating to pharma...
The Permanent War
by Roberto Ribeiro | Feb 21, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Patents
“Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted (“The Art of War”, Sun Tzu). [i] Sun Tzu or General SunTzu was a Chinese General well-known...