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Brazilian Film Agency approves a proposal of review of the normative instruction that regulates audiovisual projects financed through direct and indirect public funding. The Board of Directors of the Brazilian National Film Agency (ANCINE) approved, on May 12, a set of internal proposals aimed at revising ANCINE’s Normative Instruction 125/2015, which regulates the administrative proceedings concerning (...)

BPTO postpones the suspension of deadlines until May 31,2020 due to COVID-19 outbreak.  Following the governmental recommendations to refrain the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil, the BPTO published Ordinance No. 179, which postpones the final term of suspension of all administrative deadlines until May 31, 2020.  The deadlines may be extended or reduced according to the (...)

Brazil executes PPH agreement with Singapore. On May 07, 2020, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) executed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) for implementing the pilot project Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) between both countries.  Singapore represents the 22nd participant country of PPH, the guidelines of which are stablished by Resolution No. 252 of (...)

IBM licenses the freely use of its patents to the third parties interested in fighting against Coronavirus. Due to COVID-19 pandemic and the urgency for developing emergency solutions, IBM authorized, on May 05, 2020, the free use of more than 80 thousand patent documents. Patent applications which filings occur until the end of 2023 are also (...)

Gramado aims to obtain the seal of geographical indication for artisanal chocolate  On April 17, 2020, the Law No. 13.990 was sanctioned granting the title of National Capital of Artisanal Chocolate to the city of Gramado, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The Secretariat of Tourism and the Gramado Chocolate Association (ACHOCO) aim the granting of Gramado Chocolate Geographical (...)

ANCINE CARRIES OUT A PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE LIMIT OF CONTRIBUTION RELATED TO FUNDS RECEIVED UNDER INCENTIVES PROVIDED FOR IN LAW 8,685/93 On April 29, 2020, ANCINE’s Board of Directors decided to establish a Public Consultation on the limit of the contribution related to the funds received under the incentives provided for in Articles 3 (...)

New General Personal Data Protection Law is postponed until May 2021. On April 30, 2020, the Federal Government published in the Official Gazette the Provisional Measure No. 959/20, determining the date the General Personal Data Protection  Law (LGPD – Law No. 13,709/2018) will become effective. Initially scheduled for August 2020, the law will now become effective on May 3, 2021. The postponement was a (...)

BPTO POSTPONES THE SUSPENSION OF DEADLINES UNTIL MAY 15, 2020 DUE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK  Following the governmental recommendations to refrain the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil, the BPTO published Ordinance No. 166, which postpones the final term of suspension of all administrative deadlines until May 15, 2020.  The BPTO’s on-site services remain suspended indefinitely.  Users’ inquiries will be answered only through digital service channels.  Notwithstanding the suspension of (...)