News | February 4th is World Cancer Day

02/04/2021

World Cancer Day, every 4th of February, is the worldwide initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) with support... Read More...

News | January 28 is the World Data Privacy Day

01/28/2021

The International Day for Privacy and Data Protection is celebrated since 2007, with the signing of Convention 108 (Convention for the... Read More...

News |The BRPTO publishes new guidelines for examination of patent applications involving computer implemented inventions

01/05/2021

In Industrial Property Gazette No. 2608, of December 29, 2020, the BRPTO published Ordinance No. 411, which sets forth the new Guidelines... Read More...

Firm News | The BRPTO published Ordinance No. 405/2020, of December 29, 2020, which regulates the presentation of the Sequence Listing in electronic format in patent applications

01/04/2021

On December 29, 2020, by means of Industrial Property Gazette No. 2608, the BRPTO published Ordinance No. 405/2020, which provides for the... Read More...

Firm News | The BRPTO published Ordinance No. 404, of December 29, 2020, which anticipates and establishes Phase II of Pilot Project Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)

01/04/2021

The BRPTO published Ordinance No. 404, of December 29, 2020, which anticipates and establishes Phase II of Pilot Project Patent Prosecution... Read More...

News | The National Intellectual Property Strategy (ENPI) launched by Brazil’s Ministry of Economy

12/14/2020

The National Intellectual Property Strategy (ENPI) was launched by Brazil’s Ministry of Economy on December 11, 2020. The launch took... Read More...

News | December 3 marks Brazil’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Biopiracy Day

12/03/2020

December 3, 2020 marks Brazil’s Anti-Piracy and Anti-Biopiracy Day, created in 2005, by federal law, after approval in the national... Read More...

News | The BRPTO published the final version of its newest examination guidelines for biotechnology-related patent applications

12/02/2020

The BRPTO has just published the final version of its newest examination guidelines for biotechnology-related patent applications, after... Read More...

News | ANVISA (the Brazilian Health Agency) published four important documents related to the examination of patent applications for pharmaceutical products and processes in accordance with article 229-C of the Industrial Property Law (Law 9279/96)

11/25/2020

On November 19, 2020, ANVISA (the Brazilian Health Agency) published four important documents related to the examination of patent... Read More...

News | The public consultation opened by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations to collect subsidies for the formulation of the National Innovation Strategy ends today

11/09/2020

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI) opened a public consultation to gather information for the National Innovation... Read More...