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The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) has, in recent years, improved in terms of providing clear and detailed guidelines for examination of patent applications in the Life Sciences. ln par...
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This article looks particularly at developments that took place in the field of patents.
Brazilian Supreme Court Decision on Patent Term Validity
On May 6, 2021, the Brazilian Supreme Court has dec...
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Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, announced his intention to reduce the patent examination process in Brazil to two years.
Thus, in order to accompl...
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IP Litigation highlights
Ana Paula Affonso Brito e Maria Eduarda Junqueira
Patent Term Adjustment cases: the scenario after 2.5 years of the Supreme Court’s dec...
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On April 26, we celebrated World Intellectual Property Day, a date that invites people around the world to reflect on the contributions of intellectual property (IP) to technological innovation and th...
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The plan implemented by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) to tackle the patent backlog reduced in 51.2% pending patent applications in 2020, according to data provided by the Of...
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After a long discussion involving a lengthy and detailed vote of the Reporting Justice Mr. Dias Toffoli, the Brazilian Supreme Court decided that the sole paragraph of Section 40 of the Brazil...
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Over the last 5 years, the Brazilian Patent Office has been adopting measures to reduce the backlog in patent examination combined with several improvements in its examination guidelines to pe...
