Risk of killling more than 22 thousand patents at once on the constitutional challenge to the 10-year minimum patent term set forth in the 1996 statute. The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) is going to analyze the alleged unconstitutionality of a section of the patent law for the first time in Direct Plea of Unconstitutionality #5529 […]
On March 29th, President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law Bill H.R. #864, of 2020. Effective immediately, Law #14.006, of May 28th, 2020 simplifies the COVID-19 exceptional import regime for health products without register in the Brazilian Food and Drug Agency (ANVISA). The new Law revokes the need for a normative act issued by the […]
On March 20th, the Brazilian Senate approved the Legislative Decree that recognized a state of public calamity and a situation of public health emergency in Brazil due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, which will be in force until December 31st, 2020. The voting took place during the first remote deliberative session held by the National […]
(BRPTO’s Gazette of May 26th, 2020) The BRPTO published on May 26th, 2020 in its Official Gazette #2577, an Official Notice informing the end of the suspension of its deadlines due to the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). Deadlines will be resumed on June 1st, 2020. As informed in our client alerts from March 19th, April 14th, […]
The country is the first in Latin America to submit its application to join the pact Brazil submitted a formal application for accession to the World Trade Organization’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). The country’s statement (1) was published by the WTO on May 19th. Brazil was granted observer status by GPA parties in October 2017 […]
