At the Seventeenth Session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, held last February 19, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved a proposal called “Filing Medium of International Applications and Related Documents”, presented by Brazil through Brazilian Patent Office (INPI) with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE).
Rodrigo Klein and Rodrigo Moraes Costa of Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello review the BPTO’s Management Report and the new Strategic Plan to provide insight into the plans to practically support the protection of IP in Brazil.
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office released the ranking of the top applicants for industrial property rights residing in Brazil.
The BPTO published, last Friday, December 29th, 2023, the Action Plan for the upcoming year of 2024, consisting of 34 goals and 48 strategic initiatives.
Research shows that the country loses more than R$300 billion because of counterfeit products. They still pose a risk to consumers.
Currently, there are 168 brands with this seal in force in the country.
Last November 07, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) started a public consultation on the regulation of the draft resolution regarding the Data Protection Officer (DPO), which will be open until December 7, 2023, for contributions aimed at supporting the Authority (ANPD) in drafting regulations regarding the role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO).
Recently, the Brazilian master franchisee/licensee for the well-known brands STARBUCKS, TGI FRIDAY, and EATALY, filed for judicial financial reorganization protection under Brazilian Law, on the grounds of an adverse scenario and financial difficulties for its operations in Brazil during the post-COVID19 pandemic period.
Since 2017, there has been an off-field football dispute over the patent infringement of the spray used to mark the distance between the barrier's position and the ball for free kicks in football matches.
The Brazilian PTO hosted this week, from October 23rd to 27th, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the ninth meeting of the Experts’ Group for Semiconductor Technology (EGST). This is the first time that the meeting has taken place outside of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, Switzerland. The group’s objective was to discuss a new class in the International Patent Classification (IPC) focused on semiconductors. Participants from several countries such as Japan, Korea, the UK, the USA, France and, of course, Brazil as well as representatives from the IP entities EPO and WIPO from many different areas of related technologies such as chemistry, electricity, and mechanics, were present at the meeting.