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Partners Marcelo Goyanes, Tatiana Suschko and Luiza do Prado will attend as panelists the Music Trends Brazil Conference, event that brings together professionals from different areas of the music market, to present and discuss topics shaping strategies and research in the sector. The panels, debates, and workshops will take place at the São Paulo Cultural (...)

Murta Goyanes Advogados once again secures its spot in the prestigious Brazilian Intellectual Property ranking shining in “Trademarks, Copyright & Trade Secrets” and “Patents”. MGA is also recognized as a highly respected firm with a deep bench of highly skilled, versed and experienced lawyers in all areas of Intellectual Property. Our partner Luiza Duarte is (...)

Murta Goyanes Advogados celebrates two partners in the “Most Admired Women Lawyers” ranking, published by “Análise Advocacia Mulher”, in the “specialized” category. MGA is also among the top 20 law firms with the highest number of admired professionals in the same category. Luiza Duarte, who has been named to the list for the second consecutive (...)

On March 19, 2024, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published a new Ordinance pertinent to submission of appeals and administrative nullity proceedings in patent cases. These directives basically reaffirm the supplementary instructions published on February 27, 2024 (click here to read our client alert), as to the amendments that will be accepted at (...)

For the second consecutive year, Luiza Melo do Prado represents Murta Goyanes at the international congress promoted by São Paulo’s Intellectual Property Association (ASPI), which takes place from March 18-20, 2024, in São Paulo, Brazil. Over the course of three days, professionals from the legal, academic, and business fields will come together in multiple panels (...)

“It is crucial to stay up to date on cross-border issues that directly impact intellectual property, such as AI, energy transition, and technology transfer,” says Alice Rayol, a Patent partner and member of the MGA’s Patent Practice Committee. She represented the firm at “Celebrating Innovation in the Marvelous City”, an event jointly organized by the (...)

Following our recent client alert, on March 7, 2024, the BPTO announced that it has reached the annual limit of 100 requests for participating in the PCT-PPH Program, when the results of International Preliminary Report on Patentability are used as the basis for such request. New requests for this modality will no longer be accepted (...)

On February 29, 2024, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) announced in its website that it is on the verge of reaching the limit of 100 participation requests per annual cycle utilizing PCT results as the basis for requests within the scope of Phase IV of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Project. We (...)