Priority Patent Processing in Brazil (PPH, GPPH, and other modalities)
The BPTO offers priority processing for applications involving the protection of industrial property rights through the use of patents. The legislation covers various modalities and situations that allow for priority processing. Priority processing represents a valuable instrument for companies and inventors who work with innovation and wish to transform their solutions into competitive advantages quickly and safely.
Brazil deposits its letter of accession to the Budapest Treaty
Brazil adheres to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for Patent Purposes at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Second medical use in Brazil
Second medical use in Brazil considering the particularities of the Brazilian Industrial Property Law and the regulations issued by the BPTO.
Green patents in Brazil
This article deals with sustainable development and the need for incentives for the preservation of the environment (clean and alternative technologies), with the contribution of Industrial Property.
Should therapeutic and diagnostic methods be patented? International legislations differ
Should therapeutic and diagnostic methods be patentable? This subject has always generated discussions about patentability and arguments about the limits that should be acceptable.
New Ordinance published by the INPI institutes relevant changes regarding the preliminary requirements
The new ordinance establishes changes in the provisions of the preliminary requirement for patent applications that are pending technical exam.
Presidential decree institutes the National Intellectual Property Strategy (ENPI)
Creating a more competitive economy with a higher employment rate depends on a variety of factors, but an effective system for the protection and promotion of intellectual property is undoubtedly among the most important.
Judgment of the sole paragraph of Article 40 of the Brazilian Patent Law
Justice Toffoli proposes to stop the extension of the term for all patents because he considers it unconstitutional.
New BRPTO (INPI) rule to to reduce backlog in the technical examination of patent applications
BRPTO (INPI) publishes new rule to continue the plan to reduce the backlog in the technical examination of patent applications
Brazilian Supreme Court – sole paragraph of Article 40 of the Brazilian Patent Law in jeopardy
The Brazilian Supreme Court deciding over the constitutionality challenge filed against the sole paragraph 40 of the Brazilian Patent Law will issue its ruling in the next days.