NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
What’s Next After Brazil’s Enactment of the Nagoya Protocol
by Viviane Kunisawa | Apr 10, 2024 | Articles, Life Sciences, Regulatory
“Promulgation was the final step that was missing for [the Nagoya Protocol’s] formal incorporation into the national legal system. However, there remains a need to establish mechanisms for compliance with foreign laws or national legislation at the international...
A breakthrough for 3D trademarks in Brazil
by Fábio Leme, Rafael Rocha | Mar 28, 2024 | Articles, Trademarks
Although accepted by Brazilian law since 1996, the BPTO still struggles to establish reasonable standards for the application of registrability requirements of three-dimensional trademarks, which results in an approximate granting rate of 16%, considering applications...
Protecting Your Intellectual Property in Brazil: A Growing Opportunity
by Robert Daniel-Shores | Mar 19, 2024 | Articles, Intellectual Property
Recently, my travels to Korea and Japan provided invaluable insights into the perspectives of local practitioners and companies eyeing Brazil and Latin America for existing or potential future interests. These discussions shed light on the pros and cons of investing...
Diversity in Patenting: Innovation Has a Lot to Gain with Equity and Inclusion
by Camila Conegundes | Feb 19, 2024 | Articles, Patents
The importance and profitability of diversity are already well-known by companies. Research conducted by McKinsey & Company shows that in 2019 companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 25% more likely to have above-average...
The New Legal Framework for Chemical Pesticides in Brazil
by Viviane Kunisawa | Jan 23, 2024 | Articles, Regulatory
At the end of 2023, Law 14,785/2023 was published in Brazil’s official gazette, creating a new regulatory framework for chemical pesticides and environmental control products. The result of decades of discussions in the National Congress, the new law brings provisions...
Brazil’s New Chemical Pesticides Law: find out what was approved by Congress
by Viviane Kunisawa | Dec 5, 2023 | Articles, Chemistry, REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE IP
On November 28, the Brazilian Senate approved the final text of Bill 1459/2022. The bill, which has now been sent for presidential sanction, will regulate agricultural pesticides, replacing the old Law 7.802/1989 (among others). After several years in the legislative...
How Brazil is Preparing for the Global Transformation in Connectivity
by Camila Conegundes | Oct 30, 2023 | Articles, Patents
The world is increasingly connected, and semiconductors are essential to enabling this connectivity. Specialists project the semiconductor market to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030 (McKinsey & Co., 2022). The term “semiconductors” covers a large amount...
Brazilian Innovation in Extraction and Recycling Stages of EV Battery Technology
by Camila Conegundes | Sep 26, 2023 | Articles, Patents
Brazil is among the countries currently in the spotlight in the automotive sector. The nation was ranked sixth, according to a survey published in January 2023 by Motor1, among the countries with the highest number of vehicles sold in 2022, and the market for electric...
Insights for patent protection of car-t cells-related technologies in Brazil
by Kene Gallois, Luis Maciel, Samantha Salim | Sep 21, 2023 | Articles, Patents
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a personalised cancer treatment that is gaining greater visibility and enthusiasm as research advances and success in treating patients is confirmed. In a simplified way, the production of CAR-T cells works as follows:...
Brazilian PTO published the result on the Action of Matchmaking in Green Technologies
by Camila Conegundes | Sep 19, 2023 | Articles, Patents
On September 13, 2023, Brazilian PTO (INPI) announced that the action of Matchmaking in Green Technologies reached an expressive result in 2023. So far, the actions involved 506 people in 20 countries, among suppliers and demanders of environment-friendly...
Navigating the Brazilian Regulatory System for Life Sciences and Agribusiness
by Viviane Kunisawa | Sep 11, 2023 | Articles, Patents
Regulatory Law in the Life Sciences and Agribusiness sector plays an essential role in balancing scientific innovation and the protection of public interests. In Brazil, a country recognized for its vast biodiversity and potential for scientific research, regulation...
Driving Forward: Autonomous Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property in Brazil
by Anselmo Rodrigues | Sep 6, 2023 | Articles, Patents
Autonomous vehicles were designed with the purpose of minimizing accidents on urban roads and providing more safety and comfort, assisting or performing independently some tasks that are the driver’s responsibility. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has...
Design Patent – Brazil to become part of the Digital Access Service for Priority Documents of WIPO
by Diogo Netto | Jul 26, 2023 | Client Alert, Patents
As of August 1, 2023, Brazil will also become part of the Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (DAS) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as an "accessing office" for industrial designs. Consequently, the Brazilian PTO (INPI) will start...
Brazilian Data Protection Authority Issues First Official Fine
by Renata Idie | Jul 7, 2023 | Client Alert, Technology
On 06 July, was published the first sanctioning decision of the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD), issued in the Administrative Proceeding No. 00261.000489/2022-62. In summary, the authority imposed the following sanctions on a small company that operates in...
Jack Daniel’s v. VIP: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and Brazilian Approaches to Trademarks and Free Speech
by Beatriz Beserra | Jul 3, 2023 | Articles, Trademarks
Co-authored with Julian Cornelius On June 8, the United States Supreme Court handed down a surprisingly decisive ruling on trademark law and its relationship with First Amendment rights. The Court found that free speech rights did not protect a manufacturer of dog...