On Tuesday, July 6, 2022, the Brazilian National Congress analysed Presidential Veto No. 48, which provides for the compulsory license of patents...
OUR TEAM

Ricardo is a partner at the complex litigation department, and is licensed to practice in Brazil and in the State of New York. Ricardo has been working for more than a decade with high-stakes litigation, with particular emphasis on complex patent and regulatory disputes, and has experience with different technological fields, including chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech, as well as telecom, software, electronics, oil & gas and mechanical.
Practice Areas
Patents
Food & Drug Law
Education
Master’s degree in Regulatory Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV. Awarded with a merit-based tuition scholarship. Dissertation on Law & Economics published by the Business Law Review;
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ. Awarded with the “Introduction to Science Prize” for the paper “Second medical use patents”. Received a merit-based scholarship to research Intellectual Property Law. Dissertation on the European patent system approved with highest grade and statement of praise, and published in the University’s Biannual Corporate Law Review.
Affiliations, Commissions and Collegiate
Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, registered in the State of Rio de Janeiro;
Vice-chair of the Latin American Practice Committee of the IPO (Intellectual Property Owners Association);
Former secretary of the Plant Varieties Committee of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association – ABPI.

Articles
WTO approves patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines
On June 17 of 2022, the World Trade Organization announced that member countries agreed to a patent waiver covering Covid-19 vaccines. The decision...
Brazil counsel embrace creative enforcement after SC ruling
Counsel at Daniel and a pharma firm said secondary patents and food and drug law have become more important as a result of the Direct Action 5,529...
Breaking: Brazil SC rules patent extensions unconstitutional
In a nine to two ruling, justices decided in Direct Action 5,529 to remove the guarantee of a 10-year minimum term for successful drug patent...
Change to patent law could be a blow to Brazilian innovation
A Supreme Court ruling limits medical patents to a maximum of 20 years. Investors in innovation are likely to steer clear of Brazil A vote to change...
Update on Constitutional Challenge Regarding Term of Patent Protection in Brazil
On Wednesday, the Brazilian Supreme Court postponed its hearing on a constitutional case that challenges the legal provision that establishes a...
The Brazilian PPH welcomes a new partner
We are writing to report good news: as of April 1, 2020, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) becomes part of the Brazilian PTO's Patent...
Proposed guidelines for examination of software-implemented inventions
The Brazilian PTO (BRPTO) has initiated Public Consultation No. 03/2020 regarding NEW PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR EXAMINATION OF SOFTWARE-IMPLEMENTED...
Brazil: PTO reduces patent backlog by 14% in just four months
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...
Brazilian Patent Backlog’s Days Are Numbered: Meet The Standardized Office Action Program
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...
Another major step forward in Brazil: Patent Prosecution Highway became tech-neutral, covering all areas of 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...
Brazil: Say ‘bye-bye’ to the backlog?
Excitement is building around a new scheme to tackle Brazil’s patent backlog, says Ricardo Dutra Nunes of Daniel Law The Brazilian patent and...
Brazil’s brand-new program to get rid of the patent backlog
The Brazilian PTO has introduced its long-awaited plan to solve its patent backlog, a project called “Preliminary Standardized Office Action...
Brazil Offers Attractive Battleground For Enforcing Patents
Although the amount of patent litigation in Brazil is far from the level of litigation in the US, patent infringement actions are very common in the...
Patent backlog in Brazil: slow, but welcome, progress
In 2017, the number of pending patent applications awaiting a final decision was reduced by 7.6%. The backlog reduction was the result of a...
The Brazilian Government may grant 230.000 pending patent applications to eliminate the backlog
The Brazilian Government is considering an emergency measure to eliminate the Patent Office’s chronic backlog problem by automatically granting...
Pulling the plug on INPI’s backlog
Brazil’s government is expected soon to launch an emergency measure to eliminate the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office’s (INPI) backlog by...