ANVISA’s Board of Directors approved the proposal to open two Public Consultations to regulate: (i) the cultivation of the cannabis spp. for … Brazilian regulatory agency (ANVISA) inaugurates discussion on cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes
The Federal Senate has approved, last month, the Draft Legislative Decree 98/2019, that foresees Brazil's accession to the Madrid Protocol. The text, … Brazil is getting ready for the Madrid Protocol: new procedures for Trademark Registration
As reported in our Newsletter #22, sent in October 2018, the Public Civil Action filed in 2002 by the Federal Public Prosecution … The controversy regarding amendments to patent applications in Brazil is approaching to a possible end
This February 26, 2019 entered into force Normative Instruction No. 95/2018 [NI 95/2018] published on December 28, 2018, which rules registration of … Brief comments on the new Normative Instruction regarding Geographical Indications
The BPTO (Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office) published, by means Resolution No. 235/2019, the phase II of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) … INPI establishes phase II of pilot-projet PPH with Japan (JPO)
On February 6, 2019, the BRPTO started public hearing proceedings regarding the revised Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications in the … Public hearing about the guidelines for the examination of patent applications in the biotechnology field
The Provisional Measure that created the Brazilian Data Protection Authority also postponed for six months the deadline to comply with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, which will come into force in August 2020
Kasznar Leonardos is delighted to announce that effective January 1st, 2019, Diego Mônaco, Fábio Ferreira and Priscila Kashiwabara will become new partners … Kasznar Leonardos welcomes new partners for 2019
As an alternative to reduce the number of pending patent applications waiting for examination and expediting the technical examination, the Brazilian Patent … The Brazilian Patent Office (BPO) publishes Resolution No. 227/2018 regarding the use of the examination of other jurisdictions
Brazilian Consumer Protection Agency (DPDC, in the Portuguese acronym), an agency under the Brazilian Department of Justice, published this month its decisions … Brazilian Consumer Protection Agency fines three companies for abusive advertising directed at children
