“We must also learn how to be inclusive with our peers.”
Counsel in Brazil, Canada and Jamaica weigh what changes in foreign and local trademark filing strategies have meant, or will mean, for their practices.
On February 08, 2022, the BPTO (Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office) issued a notice informing that an apostille will be included in the Letters-Patent of patents covering pharmaceutical products/processes and equipment and/or materials for use in healthcare and also other technologies not related to the pharmaceutical/healthcare field, in cases wherein the patent was granted based on the 10-year rule validity term, but said term was adjusted based on the Brazilian Supreme Court’s decision to abolish this legal provision.
This article is part of a series reviewing the IP landscape in 2021.(1).
His article is part of a series reviewing the IP landscape in 2021.(1) This article looks particularly at an important development that took place with regard to the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO).
This article is part of a series reviewing the IP landscape in 2021. This article looks particularly at two important adjustments to the Brazilian trademark system that took place in the final quarter of 2021.
The year 2021 will go down in history. The second year of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus also represented landmark developments with respect to global vaccinations and the pharmaceutical sector.
After a long waiting period, on November 4 and 5, 2021, Brazil finally held the auction of the frequencies for 5G operation throughout the national territory.
Ana Paula Brito & Maria Eduarda Junqueira of Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello give a brief outline of each proceeding and how courts assess the technical discussion in both.
Yuri Fancher Machado, Charles Edward Baptista Jones, attorneys at Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello, and Weixian Zhu, counsel at Beijing Tiantai Law Firm, provide jurisdictional comparison of punitive damages.