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The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) has just announced that it will now order the distribution and technical examination of patent … Patent applications: BPTO shifts priority to examination request dates for faster decisions in Brazil

Starting February 6, 2024, generic and branded-generic (“similar”) drugs will be allowed to have different labels than their respective standard labels with … Anvisa approves skinny labeling practice in Brazil

The enactment of Law No. 14,597/2023 (known as General Sports Law – GSL) in June of this year marks a milestone for … The protection of IP rights in the new Brazilian sports law

On October 27, the Brazilian Finance Ministry (MF) issued a significant regulatory milestone for sports betting activities (Ordinance No. 1,300/2023) which establishes the … Brazilian Finance Ministry Issues New Regulation For Sports Betting Market

On October 19, 2023, the Federal Official Gazette (DOU) published Administrative Order 1,184/2023, which provides for the National Health Surveillance Agency’s (Anvisa) … ANVISA’s Personal Data Protection Policy is released

The Interministerial Group on Intellectual Property (“GIPI’, in the Portuguese acronym), has announced its 2023-2025 Action Plan for implementing the Brazilian Intellectual … 2023 – 2025 Action Plan for the Brazilian Intellectual Property National Strategy Announced by GIPI

The chapter “Designs,” authored by our partners Viviane Trojan, Tarso Mesquita Machado, Fábio Ferreira, and specialist Felipe Florentino Lisboa, has been published in Lexology’s special … Lexology GTDT – Designs 2024

Three months after imposing the first fine on a company, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) issued last Friday (06/10) a new sanction … Brazilian Data Protection Authority applies the second penalty for non-compliance with LGPD

The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has approved the opening of a Public Consultation to amend the regulation of biosimilar medicines in Brazil … Green light from ANVISA regarding the registration of biosimilar medicines in Brazil

On October 3, 2023, the Brazilian Patent and Trademarks Office published in its official website as well as in the Official Gazette … Brazilian PTO issues a statement on the application of the new Industrial Designs Manual

Last week, the Brazilian Central Bank (BACEN) published the Resolution 347 of September 26, 2023, which established the need of financial institutions … Central Bank publishes Resolution on information security incidents involving personal data in the PIX system

Please read the article titled ‘Brazil: Economic success matched by a surge in counterfeiting,’ published on WTR and authored by Rafael Lacaz … WTR – Brazil: Economic success matched by a surge in counterfeiting

Last Friday, September 9th, the Brazilian FDA (ANVISA) published and made available new subject codes for submitting requests related to the Good … New subject codes for filing applications for GMP certification for biological products industries

By means of Ordinance INPI/PR Nr. 36 of September 6, 2023, published on September 12, 2023, the Brazilian PTO has published the … BPTO publishes the 2nd ed. of the Industrial Designs Manual

The approval of the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure moves … Approval of the Budapest Treaty moves forward in Brazil for International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganism.