By Flávia Tremura and Isabella Faccioli From November 2021 the BPTO will start to accept the right of precedence of the trademark … BPTO recognizes the Right of Precedence as an argument for filing Administrative Nullities

Data protection has been a hot topic in Brazil. Recently, the National Congress approved the Constitutional Amendment no. 17/19, which turned data … Brazilian Data Protection Authority approves its Surveillance and Sanctioning Procedures

After extensive studies and a public consultation, the BPTO – Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office recently published Ordinance No. 37/ 2021 and … BPTO starts to accept the registration of position marks

On Sept. 2nd, 2021, Law No 14,200 was enacted to amend the Brazilian Patent & Trademark Act (BPTA) in order to change … The Covid-19 pandemic triggered the issuance of new compulsory license rules for patents in Brazil

Law No. 14,195, of August 26, 2021, improves the business environment in Brazil   The participation of the Brazilian agency called ANVISA … The Brazilian FDA will no longer examine pharmaceutical patent applications

After judgment of the DPC 5529, the Federal Supreme Court decided that the provision of the Sole Paragraph of Article 40 of … BPTO allows revision of the term adjustment of patents impacted by the DPC 5529

The Chamber of Representatives approved this Wednesday (June 23, 2026) the text of the Bill of a new Statute for improvement of … Text of the Business Environment Bill is approved by the Chamber of Representatives, and it ends the prior approval for pharmaceutical patents, in addition to bringing relevant changes to trade names

On June 9, 2021, the Interministerial Group on Industrial Property (GIPI, in the Portuguese acronym) approved the first Action Plan for the … The first Action Plan for the implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy is approved

In a tight vote, the Special Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved this Tuesday, June 8, Bill No. 399/2015 (PL 399/2015), … Special Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approves Bill No. 399/2015, on medical, veterinary and industrial uses of Cannabis

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!