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A Q&A guide to pharmaceutical IP and competition law in Brazil. The Q&A gives a high level overview of key issues including … Pharmaceutical IP and competition law in Brazil 2018

Litigating employees’ or service providers’ intellectual property rights cases in Brazil can take a long time, starting with procedural incidents challenging court … Employee’s Intellectual Property Rights

The Brazilian IP Law determines that use of a trademark must be initiated within 5 (five) years of the registration issuance date … New rules of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office for validation of evidence of use of trademarks in forfeiture proceedings

Developed over the course of eight years, Brazil's first General Law on Data Protection (LGPD – Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados … Brazil: National Congress approves bill of General Law on Data Protection

Rosane Tavares has more than 30 years' experience in Intellectual Property.

The growth of the Brazilian market and economy is paralleled by the increase in counterfeiting activities. The enforcement of IP rights involves … Anti-counterfeiting Guide 2018

Our firm wrote an article about Patent Litigation in Brazil for Chambers Global Practice Guides.

Pedro Vilhena, our senior associate, contributed to Bloomberg in an article about data protection law in Brazil.

On 22 December 2017 came into force the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency’s (ANVISA) Service Orientation no. 43/2017 (OS 43/17), establishing objective and … New regulation for registration and posterior modifications of name of drugs and biological products before ANVISA

On April 17, 2018 the Superior Court of Justice had the opportunity to analyze the first Special Appeal addressing the term of … Brazilian Superior Court of Justice decides its first mailbox case

Brazil’s trademark law requires rights owners to use their marks, but there is an important exception to this rule, and pharmaceutical companies … Pharma trademarks in Brazil: an exception to the rule

As informed in our Newsletter No. 01/2018, the Brazilian Patent Office (BPTO) recently published Resolution No. 208, which entered into force on … Complementary information referred to the Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the field of Chemistry

It is not new that owners of intellectual property rights have been waging long and relentless battles against those who insist on … Internet infringers: You can run, but you can’t ride

The growth of internet services has enhanced the importance of search advertising. The service, rendered by internet search engine operators, allows a … Use of registered marks in search advertising

Following our Notice sent on March 2017, regarding the public consultation on the Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the field … Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the Field of Chemistry