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Luiza Duarte Pereira was recognized by The Legal 500 Brazil Awards 2026 team as one of the most outstanding legal professionals in the field of Intellectual Property in Brazil. This award is especially significant because, in addition to crowning Luiza’s impeccable work, it also reinforces MGA’s technical excellence, strategic vision, and distinguished performance. For the (...)

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published Normative Ordinance No. 49/2026, dated January 22, 2026, approving the Regulatory Agenda for the triennial period of 2026-2028. A key topic of this agenda concerns the establishment of clear rules for submitting alternative claim sets during prosecution of patent applications. Although this practice is already accepted by the BPTO, it (...)

The Action Plan 2026 recently published by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) sets out strategic objectives aimed at enhancing the quality and the speed of the granting and registration of industrial property rights. One of its key targets is to achieve an average timeframe of 3.5 years for decisions in patents, counted from (...)

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Partner Luiza Duarte has just become an official contributor to the International Trademark Association (INTA). Reinforcing her role as a leading voice for the global intellectual property community, she will produce technical, objective, and informative content for the INTA Bulletin, INTA’s official institutional publication for the international IP community. Read more

MGA is cited as one of Brazil’s leading intellectual property law firms, standing out for its “deep expertise and client-focused practice in the areas of Trademarks, Patents and IP Litigation.” In the text published by WTR 1000, the firm is also praised for “combining technical precision with commercial vision, earning acclaim from global clients for (...)

This step brings the firm even closer to the strategic agenda of a sector that, in 2025, was responsible for more than 6,000 software registrations granted by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI). The Brazilian software market generated over US$ 31 billion in 2024, and projections indicate it grew by 9.5% in 2025. Learn (...)

As of January 1, 2026, the 13th edition of the Nice International Classification of Goods and Services (NCL 13) has come into effect in Brazil. Trademark applications filed from this date forward will be examined under the new edition. Learn more