Over the past few days, the Federal Government has been taking several measures to mitigate the effects of the disease, trying to curb the entry of the Coronavirus in Brazil and following the global move to contain its expansion. Actions, such as isolation and...
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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 enduring patent backlog problem within the course of the next 2 years. The groundbreaking project is called...
5G in Brazil: from market opportunities to challenges
The term 5G is used to describe the next generation of mobile networks beyond LTE mobile networks. It is not just a new frequency for data transmission. Rather, 5G technologies are also significantly faster than the previous 4G and require little energy consumption...
Artificial Intelligence: insights from the first meeting of the Daniel Research Group
The perspective of creativity and innovation for technological purposes has always existed in society, respecting its capabilities and delimitations over the decades, ranging from the invention of the wheel to Artificial Intelligence, which is our main subject at...
Madrid Protocol in Brazil
When is a trademark a trademark? In an ideal world a trademark should be whatever is perceived as a trademark by consumers. If we consider, for example, how businesses use trademarks to reach consumers this point becomes clear. Decades ago the primary channels of...
The (Lack of) Encouragement to Technological Development in Brazil
The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) recently issued a decision involving the multinational company Unilever. This reversed forty years of economic policies and represents a significant discouragement to business and technological development in Brazil. The decision by...