(BRPTO’s Gazette of June 30th, 2020). Ordinance #247/2020 implementing the BRPTO’s new Fast-track (FT) program came into to force on July 30th, 2020. This new program unifies the Fast-track programs issued by the BRPTO so far and adds the possibility of expediting the examination of patent applications belonging to startups. Eligible startups are those […]
The Brazilian Chamber of the State Representatives on July 8, 2020 unanimously voted on the Bill of Legislative Decree # 324/20 for the approval of the Nagoya Protocol. The text was sent for consideration to the Senate and, after that, the President should enact a federal Decree allowing the treaty to take effect in the […]
Federal Decree #10,411/2020 new regulation Brazilian Regulatory Quality The Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) regulation is a milestone for the improvement of regulatory quality from federal public entities in Brazil. RIA is a mechanism for the decision-making process in the Public Administration, it rationalizes and establishes a procedure for public entities. RIA was introduced in Brazilian […]
The postponement of the sanctions was provided by Law 14.010/20. On June 10th, President Jair Bolsonaro sanctioned Law #14.010/2020, which among other measures postpones the enforceability of the administrative sanctions provided by the Brazilian Data Privacy Act – LGPD to August 1st, 2021. The original version of the bill intended to postpone the date of […]
On June 8, 2020 the BRPTO published an updated version of the new Patent Examination Draft Guidelines related to Biotechnology Arts, resulting from the review of the comments and suggestions received last year after the invitation for public comments on said Guidelines. This document is not final and must be approved by the BRPTO’s Federal […]
