(per BRPTO’s gazette of December 29, 2020) As indicated in our client alert from December 29, 2020, Phase I of the PPH program, originally scheduled to close on November 30, 2022, reached its limit in December 2020. We are glad to advise that the BRPTO has decided to anticipate Phase II of the PPH program, […]
(per BRPTO’s gazette of December 29, 2020) The BRPTO published on December 29, 2020, four new patent application-related ordinances: Phase II of the PPH program is anticipated in January 2020! – Ordinance #404/2020 As Phase I of the PPH program reached its limit on December 2020 and the new phase was scheduled to be […]
On December 1st, 2020 the BRPTO issued Normative Instruction #118 from November 12, 2020, which establishes the new version of the Patent Applications Examination Guidelines related to Biotechnology Inventions and revokes the previous guidelines (Rule #144/2015). The main differences between the new (Normative Instruction #118/2020) and former (Rule #144/2015) Guidelines are outlined below: The new […]
President Jair Bolsonaro recently made several appointments to the Board of Commissioners at ANVISA (Brazil’s equivalent to the US FDA), a group commonly referred to in Portuguese as ‘DICOL.’ President Bolsonaro’s appointment of three Deputy Commissioners – Cristiane Rose Jourdan Gomes, Alex Machado Campos, and Meiruze Sousa Freitas (who has been occupying the position on […]
The Ministry of Health has (i) created a new organizational structure to provide technical support for its work on IP in health; and (ii) changed the patent application criteria for pharmaceutical products and processes considered to be of interest under the Public Healthcare System’s (SUS) assistance policy and subject to Brazil’s FDA (ANVISA) prior approval […]
President Bolsonaro appoints five Directors to govern the new ANPD On October 15, 2020, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appointed five directors to the new Board of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD). The nominees are: WALDEMAR GONÇALVES ORTUNHO JUNIORChairman of the Board Mandate: 6 years Background: Colonel in the Brazilian Army, Chairman of Telebras […]
(Federal Register of September 25, 2020) All BRPTO deadlines falling between September 16 and September 25, 2020, have been suspended because its e-filing and searching systems were unavailable during this period. The BRPTO published on September 25, 2020, in the Brazilian Federal Register #185, Ordinance #334/2020, suspending all BRPTO’s deadlines due to problems with […]
(BRPTO website communication from September 16, 2020) As it did in August 2018, the BRPTO has experienced another system crash. All e-filing and searching tools have been unavailable since last Wednesday, September 16. The BRPTO has issued a notice on its website informing users about the problem with the system and announcing that all […]
President Bolsonaro sanctions Law 14.058/20 without postponing the Data Protection Act On September 18, 2020, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro enacted Provisional Measure #959/20 into Law 14.058/20. In its initial version, Provisional Measure #959/20 proposed postponing the enforcement of the Brazilian Data Protection Act (“LGPD”) until May 3rd, 2021. However, Brazil’s Congress rejected this postponement. […]
(BRPTO’s Gazette of September 15th, 2020) The BRPTO has launched a pilot project, referred to as an IP Showcase (Vitrine de PI), to facilitate the publication of information regarding industrial property assets available for commercial exploitation. The project was established by BRPTO Ordinance #331/2020 and published in its Official Gazette #2593 on September 15th, […]
Public Consultation #46/2020 will be open to receive comments and suggestions for the draft of the National Strategy of Intellectual Property (ENPI) until September 13, 2020. This extension of the deadline was published in the Official Gazette on August 27, 2020. For more information on the matter, please see our Client Alert of August 12, […]
On August 21st, the Secratariat of Foreign Trade of the Brazilian Ministry of Economy (SECEX) opened a public consultation to receive comments on Brazil’s proposal to join the World Trade Organization’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). The public consultation was officially opened through Ordinance #55/2020 and will last 60 days, ending on October 20th, 2020. Although […]
