On 09/08/22, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) announced on its website that it will accept public contributions on the topic of processing the personal data of children and adolescents. With this opening, the ANPD aims to build solid support for...
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PPH requests have reached 90% of the threshold for full year 2022
With the limit of 800 requests per annual cycle, the PPH Program is almost reaching the threshold for 2022. According to new Brazilian PTO’s Ordinance #13/2022, among others, the conditions to request participation into this program are: • 01 requirement/week per...
ANPD starts public consultation process on the assessment of LGPD sanctions
The ANPD has released a draft Resolution on the application of sanctions, in order to provide a necessary framework to exercise its sanctioning powers and complement the regulation on the inspection and administrative sanctioning processes (Resolution CD/ANPD No. 1 of...
New ANVISA rules for labelling of food enter into force on 10/09/2022
The aim of the standards is to improve the clarity and readability of food labels and thus help consumers make more conscious food choices. In addition to changes to the information table and nutrition claims, the novelty will be the adoption of nutrition labelling at...
Patent Prosecution Highway Acceleration Program between Brazil and South Korea is renewed
The program recognizes patent protection as a key element in promoting technological innovation among countries. In July 2022, the National Institute of Industrial Property – INPI renewed the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program agreement with the Korean...
Brazilian Congress maintains Presidential Veto on Compulsory Licensing of Patents
On Tuesday, July 6, 2022, the Brazilian National Congress analysed Presidential Veto No. 48, which provides for the compulsory license of patents (as per certain provisions of Law No. 14,200 of 2021). The Veto was maintained in its entirety by a majority of votes....
Brazilian Patent Prosecution Highway shows strong results in the first half of 2022
The effectiveness of the acceleration program provides a timely reminder for you to act now and avoid missing the opportunity to obtain your patent through the PPH. The month of July started with significant news from the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial...
Standard ST.26 implementation for Sequence Listing files in Brazil: particularities
As previously informed, the transition of Sequence Listing files from Standard ST.25 to Standard ST.26 began last Friday (July 1st, 2022), worldwide. Despite following the rules of WIPO, each patent office is free to establish particularities related to this process....
Brazilian PTO opens Public Consultation on Technical Note BRPTO/CPAPD #01/2022, regarding the patentability of inventions associated with transgenic plants, especially elite events
On June 01, 2022, the Brazilian PTO announced, through Official Gazette #103, that the Public Consultation on Technical Note BRPTO/CPAPD #01/2022 is open. As previously reported, this Public Consultation aims to discuss the content of said Technical Note, which is...