Last Friday (May 28), the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published the “Guidelines for Definitions of Data Processing Agents and Data Protection … Brazilian Data Protection Authority publishes guidelines for controllers, processors and DPOs
Modulation of Effects Approved by the Supreme Court After 10 (ten) sessions debating the matter, on May 12, 2021 the Brazilian … The end of the trial on the term of protection of Patents in Brazil
Invention patents are valid for 20 years from filing, without any extension On May 06, 2021, the 11 Justices of the … Brazilian Supreme Court decides which is the correct term of protection of patents in Brazil
The prosecution of the Direct Plea of Unconstitutionality No. 5529 (ADI 5529) before the Supreme Court has been causing an intense debate … Brazilian Ministry of Health advocates for the end of prior consent for pharmaceutical patents and proposes a new remedy for delays in patent prosecution
ANVISA’s Board of Directors opened a Public Consultation (“PC 1,039/2021”), available to contributions between 04/15/2021 and 06/15/2021, to discuss a proposed regulation … ANVISA opens a Public Consultation to improve the reliance on foreign regulatory authorities’ opinions
Changes in the preliminary injunction granted by the Brazilian Supreme Court As per our Newsletter No. 7/2021, on April 7th, 2021, … The Term of Patents in Brazil: what a difference a day makes!
Summary: in a judgment initiated on April 7, 2021, the Brazilian Supreme Court decided to immediately suspend the validity of all patents … Judgment Day: the term of Patents in Brazil
Continuing with the goal of reducing the number of patent applications pending decision, the Brazilian PTO (“BPTO”) published the Ordinance/INPI/PR N° 21, … Brazilian PTO extends the Patent Backlog Fighting Project
Published in the Official Gazette on March 9th, 2021, Ordinance No. 01 stipulates the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority’s (ANPD) internal procedure … ANPD publishes its internal procedure rules
According to a joint note released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Environment, Brazil deposited, on the … Biodiversity: Brazil deposits instrument of ratification at the UN and Nagoya Protocol will enter into force in Brazil soon
