GENERAL NEWS
News | BRPTO starts accepting position mark applications in October
09/24/2021The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) published in its Official Gazette 2646 dated September 21, 2021, the Ordinance No.... Read More...
News | New parameters for compulsory licensing of patents
09/15/2021On September 2, 2021, the Federal Government sanctioned Law No. 14,200/21, amending Law No. 9,279/96 (Brazilian Industrial Property Law)... Read More...
News | Porsche obtains favorable decision against infringers in Brazil
09/15/2021The Appellate Court of São Paulo upheld the first instance decision in a lawsuit filed by Porsche against two infringers who were... Read More...
News | Law 14,195/21 revokes the need for prior approval from ANVISA for pharmaceutical patents in Brazil.
08/31/2021On August 26, 2021, the Federal Government sanctioned Law No. 14,195/21, whose main purpose is to amend and revoke procedural acts to... Read More...
News | 2021-2023 Action Plan for the implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy is approved
07/07/2021The Interministerial Group on Intellectual Property (GIPI) has recently approved the 2021-2023 Action Plan of the National Intellectual... Read More...
News | BRPTO extends deadline for requesting fast-track examination of patent applications related to Covid-19
07/02/2021The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office published in its Official Gazette No. 2634 dated June 29th, 2021, the Ministerial Ordinance N°... Read More...
News | Intellectual Property Intelligence Center created
06/29/2021On June 23rd, the Special Secretariat for Productivity, Employment and Competitiveness of the Ministry of Economy published Ordinance nº... Read More...
News | Brazilian Supreme Court votes modulation of effects of ADI 5529
05/13/2021The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) judgment of ADI 5529 (Direct Action for Unconstitutionality) against the sole paragraph of... Read More...
News | Reporting Justice Dias Toffoli grants in part preliminary injunction regarding the ADI 5529 to suspend the effects of the sole paragraph of article 40 of the Industrial Property Law
04/08/2021On April 7, the Reporting Justice Dias Toffoli partially granted the preliminary injunction requested by the Attorney General’s Office... Read More...
News | The BRPTO Publishes Ordinance 21/2021 to continue the combat against the backlog of Patent Applications pending technical examination
04/01/2021On March 30, 2021, the BRPTO published Ordinance No. 21/2021, which allows patent applications with filing dates up to December 31, 2017 to... Read More...