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Provisional Measure 1,124/22 published this past June 14, 2022, transformed the Brazilian Data Protection Authority into a special nature entity. The Measure is … Provisional Measure Transforms the Brazilian Data Protection Authority into an Independent Entity

At the end of the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which took place last Friday (June 17th), an … Latest WTO decision establishes a waiver to patent owner’s rights related to COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries

On 7 June 2022, in the Official Gazette 2683, the Brazilian patent office published a communication regarding the new standard for submission … INPI publishes communication on new sequence listing standard for patent applications in Brazil

On June 1, 2022, the public consultation of the BPTO’s Technical Note CPAPD nº 01/2022 was published in the Federal Official Gazette n° … Brazilian PTOs opens public consultation on inventions related to transgenic plants

The IX Conference on Civil Law took place in May 19 and 20, 2022, which also celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Brazilian … IX Conference on Civil Law and the impacts on Digital Law

Web 3.0 is the new global trend that will impact modern society and the way people relate to the internet. It refers … Have you heard about the Web 3.0?

On March 17, 2022, the BPTO released the INPI/CPAPD technical note No. 01/2022, which provides guidance on the patentability of inventions involving … Brazilian PTOs publishes a technical note providing guidance on the patentability of elite events

Patents are critical to the life sciences industry and often spark intense and heated debate. To be successful, one key strategy that … Life sciences patent eligibility in Latin America: a guide

Yesterday (Feb. 10, 2022), the Brazilian Senate approved the Constitutional Amendment no. 115/2022, originated in the Proposal for Constitutional Amendment no. 17/2019, … Data Protection becomes a fundamental right in Brazil

On February 8th, 2022, the Brazilian Patent Office reported the decision to apostille letters-patent when the patent protects subject-matter going beyond the … News on apostille of letters-patent retroactively affected by the Direct Plea of Unconstitutionality 5,529

January 28th is the International Data Protection Day. This date, chosen on April 26, 2006 by the Council of Europe, goes back … New ANPD Resolution marks the International Data Protection Day

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published, by means of Ordinance n° 55, dated December 15, 2021, phase III of the … BPTO publishes phase III of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program

On December 28, 2021, the BRPTO published, by means of the Official Gazette nº 2660, the Ordinance #56/2021, which establishes the procedures … Sequence listing in ST.26 format is officially postponed until July 1, 2022 by the Brazilian PTO

Continuing with the projects of priority of prosecution, the Brazilian PTO (“BPTO”) published Ordinance/INPI/PR 053, of December 16, 2021, which will come … BPTO issues Phase II of prioritization of Technologies Available on the Market and Resulting from Public Financing

We are very proud to announce the promotion of two new partners: Felipe Monteiro, as head of the Sztartup Desk and Matheus … Kasznar Leonardos announces the promotion of two new partners