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.

In the wake of rapid advances resulting from generative artificial intelligence, global governments, and policymakers are studying and accelerating efforts on how to regulate and legislate about AI, being a multitask work, from what AI is capable to do or not to do, its impacts, and consequences.

The World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated every year on April 26. This year, the importance of this date takes on a new meaning in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over the last weeks, due to the coronavirus pandemic, people have witnessed with astonishment the necessary interruption of several basic services, which are constitutionally assured and regularly provided, among them, services provided by the courts.

In the second half of 2019, the Brazilian Patent Office (BRPTO) started an ambitious plan to eliminate the backlog of unexamined patent applications. The aim of the project is to reduce 80% of the current backlog within two years. Up until March 2020, before the world COVID-19 crisis, the numbers were really impressive. The challenge now is to keep this progress going, while maintaining the examiners working 100% remotely.

On April3, the Brazilian Senate approved a Bill of Law (PL 1179/2020) with several emergency measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The bill includes a specific rule that postpones the entry into force of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, the LGPD.

It is still too early to determine when a vaccine against new coronavirus will be available. Even if renowned research centers and pharmaceutical companies could put their best efforts into developing a vaccine against COVID-19, it is obviously necessary to follow the correct clinical protocols to launch a safe and effective product in the market. Specialists say that it will take at least 18 months, which is an extremely optimistic prediction.

Under Brazilian law, the injured party in an infringement lawsuit can request compensatory damages in addition to obtaining a court order that the infringing practice be ceased. Such damages can be divided into two main categories: (i) moral damages, and (ii) material damages, which include actual damages and the loss of profit.

Our immersion in the virtual world is increasing each day. We talk to people, read news, make bank transactions, buy stuff and have fun through the Internet, i.e., we do things that were unimaginable in the recent past.

Our immersion in the virtual world is increasing each day. We talk to people, read news, make bank transactions, buy stuff and have fun through the Internet, i.e., we do things that were unimaginable in the recent past.

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published in Official Bulletin no. 2,816, of December 24, 2024, Ordinance no. 23, which establishes additional provisions for Phase V of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program in 2025.

On December 10, 2024, the Brazilian Trademark Office (INPI) held an in-person meeting with trademark practitioners to discuss new guidelines related to the prosecution of trademark applications in the online betting sector.

The Brazilian Patent and Trademarks Office (BPTO) published on the Official Bulletin nº 2,813, of December 03, 2024, Ordinance no. 24, which establishes the procedure for examining certificates of addition (COA).

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published in Official Bulletin no. 2,814, of December 10, 2024, Ordinance no. 48, which establishes Phase V of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program. Since the BPTO has joined the Global PPH, Ordinance no. 48 further establishes the corresponding provisions.

On November 19, 2024, SENACON published a precautionary measure regarding advertising and bonuses for online gambling. According to SENACON, this measure aims to protect consumers, especially the most vulnerable, such as children and adolescents, in addition to address concerns about users' over-indebtedness.

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office released its 2023 Management Report, encompassing the results of its operations throughout that year bearing in mind the goals defined in the Strategic Plan for the 2023-2026 term.

Last month, news broke in the U.S. media that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit admitted in the lawsuit of Crocs, Inc. and Effervescent, Inc. (Case No. 2022-2160) that the false stating that a product is patented can result in false advertising and unfair competition claims.

WIPO continually strives to positively influence the global IP System while maintaining its neutrality across different jurisdictions worldwide.

The Brazilian Industrial Property Law (Law No. 9.279/96 — “BIPL”) prohibits the registration of “sign or expression used only as a means of advertising”, according to item VII of section 124.