Comeback wins are specially celebrated by their winners. Recently a turnaround occurred in an off-field dispute for the patent infringement of the spray used to mark the distance between the barrier's position and the ball, to take a free kick in football matches.
The president of the BPTO (Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office), Cláudio Furtado, and the commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Mori Kiyoshi, signed this Tuesday, November 9, the Memorandum of Cooperation for the renewal of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) between Brazil and Japan.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing have become common corporate buzzwords. And for good reason: Corporate stakeholders—consumers, employees, investors, and the like—have made it clear that they want to support companies that have a moral conscience and that use their resources to shape a better way to do business.
Eduardo Machado and Stephany Araujo, Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Viera de Mello’s experts, review the past two years since the implementation of the Madrid Protocol in Brazil.
Over the last 5 years, the Brazilian Patent Office has been adopting measures to reduce the backlog in patent examination combined with several improvements in its examination guidelines to perform a high-quality technical examination.
Everybody wants to have their own patents granted, but few are pleased when their competitors' patents are granted as well. As Oscar Wilde once wisely said: "Own successes are encouraging, but failures of others shall also not be despised." In Brazil, as in most other countries, a problematic competitor's patent or patent application can be challenged.
Since the Data Protection Law (“Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” – “LGPD”) entered into force, a lot has been said on the regulatory uncertainties that orbit the universe of regulation of the subject in micro-enterprises, small businesses, and startups. Among the several uncertainties, one in special has taken the sleep of most entrepreneurs: the obligation to appoint a DPO (Data Protection Officer, as provided by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation).
This Tuesday, September 21, 2021, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published a new ordinance that regulates position marks in Brazil.
The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) recently carried out a public consultation on the examination of applications for the registration of position marks, enabling interested parties to express their opinions on the matter.
Over the past five years, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) has adopted various measures to reduce the backlog in patent examinations and implemented several improvements in its examination guidelines to enable high-quality technical examinations to be performed. In addition, the covid-19 pandemic has led to other sensitive discussions regarding the Brazilian patent system and its impact on public health issues. This article provides an overview of six topics that directly affect life sciences patents in Brazil.