Last March, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published a Technical Note (INPI/CPAPD No. 01/2022), to which you can access below, with the objective of clarifying the patentability of inventions involving…
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Not put the trademark to genuine use by its proprietor can have serious consequences. The most damaging is the declaration of lack of genuine use, which entails the declaration of invalidity of the…
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The main function of trademarks is to distinguish the goods and/or services of a given business origin from those of other competitors. There are many different ways of registering a trademark, whether it…
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We are not telling anything new when we say that the function of trademarks is to distinguish goods or services on the market by indicating their business origin through their distinctive sign. One…
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To deal with this case, we turn to Mexico. The Mexican Industrial Property Law requires express authorization or consent from the holder of a prior right in order to register a trademark whose…
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Since the reform in 2018 of the Data Protection regulation, the emergence of the figure of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) has become an indispensable figure in most companies and public organisms. The…
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Perfume is one sign of our identity. An essential accessory that we do not usually forget before leaving home. A scent that transports us to moments, memories and people. However, we must not…
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The question captures our attention. In the midst of the fourth industrial revolution this is a question that was long overdue. This revolution is marked by the emergence of new technologies including: robotics,…
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Twenty-two years after the approval of the Brazilian Patent Law (Law 9.279/96), the obligation (article 229-C) for all pharmaceutical patents to be subject to prior approval by ANVISA (National Health Surveillance Agency, equivalent…
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