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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

Data Protection has been a recurring subject in Brazil for the last decade. While discussions around a bill of general data protection … Brazil’s Best Counsel – Chapter Opening: Data Protection

A Q&A guide to data protection in Brazil. This Q&A guide gives a high-level overview of data protection rules and principles, including … Data protection in Brazil

A Q&A guide to privacy in Brazil. The Q&A guide gives a high-level overview of privacy rules and principles, including what national … Privacy in Brazil

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

In the wake of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the new Brazilian Data Protection Act (LGPD) was enacted into … Brazil: Data Protection Law Enacted

In his third book, La Defensa Judicial del Derecho de Marca (“Judicial Protection of Trademark Rights”), Diego Chijane incorporates concepts related to … Review of the book “Judicial Protection of Trademark Rights”

A Q&A guide to trade mark litigation in Brazil. The Q&A gives a high level overview of trade mark disputes, including how … Trademark litigation in Brazil

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

The rules on the filing of amendments to patent applications until a Patent Office completes the examination are clear throughout the world. … The controversy regarding amendments to patent applications in Brazil

In its continued effort to decrease the patent examination backlog, the Brazilian Patent Office has signed its seventh PPH agreement, this time … Brazilian Patent Office establishes PPH pilot project with Denmark