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On August 26, 2021, Law No. 14,195 was published and revoked the sole paragraph of Article 40 and Article 229-C of Law No. 9,279/1996 (the Brazilian Industrial Property Law – BIPL). The sole paragraph of Article 40, which was recently declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Federal Court, extended the term of validity of patents of invention whose applications took more than 10 years to be examined (...)

On August 24, 2021, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published Ordinance No. 39, which updates proceedings for entering into the Brazilian national phase of PCT patent applications and, therefore, replaces Resolutions Nos. 77/2013 and 179/2017. The Ordinance No. 39 stablishes a significant change over the former resolutions as to the following points: (i) (...)

In June 2021, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the updated version of the Basic Manual for Patent Protection, aiming at guiding patent applicants and/or owners as to proceedings before the BPTO, as well as discussing the main topics of Industrial Property related to patents. The new Basic Manual replaces the former publications of Patent Applicant Manual, Electronic (...)

We are pleased to announce that Murta Goyanes was once again ranked among the best patent firms by the IAM Patents 1000 guide. Antonio Murta, Luiza Duarte and Vinícius Casciano were also listed among the best practitioners in the field. “Close partner attention, a bespoke approach to each brief and prompt delivery of results are all baked into the (...)

We are happy to announce that we were invited to contribute to the Legal 500 Intellectual Property Comparative Guide in partnership with Gowling WLG. As exclusive contributors from Brazil, Antonio Murta, Maria Eduarda Dib, Vicente Rosenfeld and Vinícius Casciano answered questions about the Brazilian Intellectual Property law and practices. The material is available for consultation (...)

In June 2020, the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) was praised by the American company Clarivate Analytics for being the Brazilian university with the highest number of patents filed between 2010 and 2019 at the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO). Said Institution was also mentioned as leader in the ranking of the best patent applicants in Brazil between 2014 and 2019, (...)

On June 29, 2020, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published Ordinance No. 29/2021, which extends the deadline to request fast-track examination for Covid-19-related technologies. According to such Ordinance, all requests must be submitted before the BPTO until December 31, 2021 by the applicant, owner or third party (individual or legal entity), and contain arguments which attest the relationship (...)

The 2nd Civil Court of Osasco, São Paulo, decided that damages resulting from data leaks must be proven to justify the payment of moral damages1. According to the judge, it would be necessary to assess whether the leakage of the plaintiff’s data actually caused any damage. General allegations that the plaintiff suffered psychological damages, such as receipt of telemarketing calls, are not sufficient without demonstrating that the (...)