New provisions expand the statutory authority to issue compulsory licenses and could be used in PDP projects for public non-commercial use.February 26, 2018Since February 22, 2018 the Protocol Amending TRIPS Agreement, adopted by the WTO in 2005, has been in force in Brazil as municipal law. The Protocol enlarges compulsory license scope, allowing its use […]
Licks Attorneys is honored to announce the recognition of its Intellectual Property practice by Chambers Global 2018, one of the most relevant publications in the legal market world-wide. Our firm was highlighted for its performance advising local and global companies from different industries, such as pharmaceutical, medical devices and information, in matters related to patent […]
Antitrust in Brazil: everything you need to know for 2018 What are the perspectives for antitrust defense in Brazil for 2018? Institutional more… Investigations & Rule more… Agreements, Resolutions and Guides more… Sectors in evidence more… Law Projects more… International Agenda more… Antitruste no Brasil: perspectivas para 2018 Quais são as perspectivas para a defesa […]
(BRPTO’s gazette of January 30th, 2018)The BRPTO published on January 30th, 2018, Rule #210/2018 establishing a new deadline for the PPH pilot program between the BRPTO and the USPTO. The PPH pilot program will be valid until May 10th, 2018.As mentioned in our client alert of January 5th, 2016 (available here), the PPH Program accepts […]
(BRPTO’s gazette of January 30th, 2018) The BRPTO published on January 30th, 2018, Rule #209/2018 implementing the PPH Pilot program with the SIPO, which might speed up the examination of pending Brazilian applications with an application from the same family for which a decision to grant has been issued by the SIPO. The Program will […]
