The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) announced on Monday (18) the launch of Public Consultation No. 03/2025, aimed at collecting public contributions on the draft Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications related to Artificial Intelligence. The...
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Brazilian Antitrust Authority Publishes a Report on SEP
In the recent past, the Brazilian Antitrust Agency, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), has been involved in a couple of complaints filed by implementers concerning alleged antitrust practices by rightsholders of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)....
ANVISA’s Resolution 894/2024 comes into force on August 28 and requires mandatory reporting of serious cosmetic adverse events
On August 28, 2025, ANVISA’s Collegiate Board Resolution – RDC 894/2024 will come into force, establishing Good Cosmetovigilance Practices for companies responsible for registering cosmetic products with the agency. The regulation sets out a series of...
New Environmental Licensing Guidelines – Presidential Vetoes and Government Proposals Aim to Ensure Legal Certainty and Streamline Strategic Projects
Written by: Viviane Kunisawa, Mariana Cuzziol and Estela Alves The Brazilian President has vetoed 63 provisions of Bill No. 2,159/2021, which establishes Brazil’s new Environmental Licensing framework. While the vetoes targeted provisions considered by the Government...
Public Consultation: BRPTO proposes revisions to patent examination guidelines for new uses of known substances
Dear Colleagues, Last week, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) opened a public consultation on Chapter 9 of the Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications in the Chemical Field (Rule No. 208/2017), which addresses claims directed to new uses...
Brazil Outlines 2025-2027 Intellectual Property Action Plan
The Interministerial Group on Intellectual Property (GIPI) has officially approved the Action Plan for the 2025-2027 period, which was published in the Federal Official Gazette of August 4, 2025. In a nutshell, GIPI is a government body whose mission is to assist the...
ANVISA approves RDC No. 983/2025, amending RDC No. 843/2024 and establishing a phase-out period for food and beverage packaging
Written by: Estela Alves, Mariana Cuzziol and Viviane Kunisawa On July 28, 2025, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) published Resolution of the Collegiate Board (RDC) No. 983/2025 in the Official Gazette of the Union (“DOU”). This resolution amends RDC...
Law No. 15,183 of July 30, 2025, prohibiting cosmetic testing on animals is enacted
Written by: Estela Alves e Mariana Cuzziol On July 30, 2025, Law No. 15,183 was enacted by the President of Brazil and published in the Official Gazette (“DOU”). The law amends Laws No. 11,794/2008 and No. 6,360/1976 and establishes the prohibition of the use of...
Environmental Licensing – Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Approves Legislative Proposal to Modernize National Regulation
Written by Mariana Cuzziol, Viviane Kunisawa and Estela Alves In the early hours of Thursday, July 17, 2025, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved Bill No. 2159/21, which establishes general rules for environmental licensing nationwide. The substitute text...
Law No. 15,154 establishes exemptions for artisanal products intended for personal hygiene
On July 1, 2025, Law No. 15,154 of June 30, 2025, was published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU). The law amends the Health Surveillance Law (Law No. 6,360 of September 23, 1976) by adding paragraph 2 to Article 27. The new law, sanctioned by the President...
Brazilian Federal Court of Appeals confirms the right of the applicant to convert claims into Swiss-type format
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (TRF-2), in Rio de Janeiro, has upheld a lower court ruling that invalidated the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office's (INPI) rejection of a divisional patent application filed by pharmaceutical company Wyeth Inc. The case...
Platforms’ liability for content posted by users
On June 26, 2025, the STF ruled on the constitutionality of Article 19 of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, reshaping the liability framework for application providers regarding content posted by its users. Learn how it was and what changes with...
Brazilian PTO Announces PPH Updates for the Third Quarter of 2025
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) announced this week new updates regarding Phase V of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program, applicable to the third quarter of 2025. According to the announcement, a new application cycle will open in July 2025,...
MAPA Ordinance No. 807 of June 16, 2025, Establishes the Sustainable Projects Program under the ABC+ Plan
Written by: Viviane Kunisawa, Mariana Cuzziol and Estela Alves The Ordinance No. 807, dated June 16, 2025, issued by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), was published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU) on June 25, 2025. The Ordinance...
Establishment of the Interministerial Working Group to regulate Articles 13 and 17 of the Nagoya Protocol
Written by: Viviane Kunisawa, Mariana Cuzziol and Estela Alves The Ordinance No. 1,392, dated May 22, 2025 establishing the Interministerial Working Group—GTI for the regulation of Articles 13 and 17 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair...