News | BRPTO updates the fast-track examination programs in Brazil

03/14/2022

Ordinance No. 54, published by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) on December 15, 2021, and entered in force on January 01,... Read More...

News | BRPTO establishes Phase II of the priority examination for patent applications with Technology Made Available in the Market and Technology Resulting from Public Funding

03/14/2022

Ordinance No. 53,  published by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) on December 16, 2021, established Phase II of the... Read More...

News | Constitutional Amendment establishes Personal Data Protection as a fundamental right

02/11/2022

There is no longer any doubt: with its inclusion in the list of Art. 5 of the Brazilian Constitution, personal data protection is a... Read More...

News | The creation of Business Law chambers in Rio de Janeiro´s State Court is approved

12/27/2021

On December 3, 2021, the creation of chambers specialized in Business Law within the scope of Rio de Janeiro´s State Court (TJ-RJ) was... Read More...

News | Brazil and Portugal sign a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) cooperation agreement

12/22/2021

On December 16, 2021, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) and the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI-PT)... Read More...

News | Decree No. 10,886 establishes the Brazilian National Intellectual Property Strategy (ENPI) for the period 2021-2030

12/16/2021

On December 8, 2021, the Federal Government published Decree No. 10,886, establishing the Brazilian National Intellectual Property Strategy... Read More...

News | Brazilian National Plan to Combat Piracy is approved

12/08/2021

The Brazilian National Council for Combating Piracy and Crimes Against Intellectual Property published, on December 03, 2021, Resolution... Read More...

News | BRPTO’S new understanding of the right to take precedence in the registration

11/23/2021

The Specialized Federal Prosecutor's Office at the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) issued Opinion No.... Read More...

News | BRPTO starts accepting position mark applications in October

09/24/2021

The 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

09/15/2021

On September 2, 2021, the Federal Government sanctioned Law No. 14,200/21, amending Law No. 9,279/96 (Brazilian Industrial Property Law)... Read More...