The Full Court of the Court of Appeals of the State of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ) approved, on Monday (12/9), the change of jurisdiction of its Civil Chambers and their transformation into Public Law and Private Law Chambers. Two Chambers with exclusive, specialized jurisdiction over matters of Business Law, which should include IP-related suits, will also be created.
Bill by House Representative Alexis Fonteyne aims to modernize the Brazilian patent system, correcting flaws and problems of the last 25 years: in addition to implementing the decisions of the Supreme Court (STF), it demonstrates concern with the sovereignty of the Brazilian Judiciary in the exercise of jurisdiction in national territory. House Representative Alexis Fonteyne (NOVO-SP), […]
The Brazilian National Congress (House and Senate) has voted today in a joint session to maintain the Presidency’s vetoes to Law #14,200/2021. Thus, it has been confirmed that should a compulsory license be granted for a patent or patent application, patent owners will not be required to provide the necessary and sufficient information for the […]
On June 14, President Jair Bolsonaro signed Executive Order # 1,124/2022, which transforms the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) into a special autarchy. Until then, the ANPD was an organ of the Presidency of the Republic. The transformation seeks to ensure autonomy and independency to the ANPD by applying the same framework of federal regulatory […]
The BRPTO published on its Official gazette #2683 of today, June 07, 2022, a notice informing that, as of July 01, 2022, biological sequence listings must be presented following WIPO Standard ST.26 (XML format), instead of the currently accepted WIPO Standard ST.25 (TXT format). Patent applications filed until June 30, 2022 that included sequence listings […]
