Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Contrary to appearances, Latin America’s largest economy is developing a more favourable environment for pharma and biotech innovators.

12 August 2022

The Swedish company has been a prolific filer in a country whose judicial processes strongly favour plaintiffs

11 August 2022

The widespread availability of mobile technology and increasing levels of wealth mean that old assumptions about patent filing and litigation are being rethought

22 July 2022

Apple hit with blow in first decision of SEP/FRAND dispute with Swedish company

11 July 2022

A fresh ordinance extends INPI’s 2019 plan to reduce the backlog of pending applications by recognising search or examination results where these are available from foreign patent offices for corresponding applications in the same family.

18 May 2022

The INPI harnessed examination work done abroad as well as cutting-edge technology to reduce pileup of applications by 80%

21 April 2022

Patents covering pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical related matter will be subject to two distinct terms of protection, according to the latest publication from INPI. Applicants should check whether any pending cases are affected by this change.

13 April 2022

Keen to build on the success of its PPH programmes, Brazil has signed a memorandum of understanding with France that aims to facilitate technical cooperation in intellectual property.

06 April 2022

Recent developments in tax legislation will improve the process of remitting royalties arising from IP contracts. These include facilitating a smoother registration process and discarding existing limitations to royalty payments abroad

16 February 2022

Brazil has consolidated its effective Patent Prosecution Highway strategy by extending the number of applications that can be submitted to the National Institute of Industrial Property.

19 January 2022