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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 (...)

The Brazilian National Council of Justice (CNJ) issued a new Resolution providing that the deadlines for electronic lawsuits will resume as of May 4, 2020 Following the governmental recommendations to refrain the COVID-19 outbreak, the Brazilian National Council of Justice (CNJ) published the Resolution No. 314 that extends part of the previous Resolution No. 313, (...)

MPF recommends that LGPD enters into force on 2020 and the postponement of fines application until 2021 On April 14, 2020, the Brazilian Federal Attorney General’s Office (MPF) forwarded a technical note to National Congress related to the Bill 1,179/2020, which postpones the beginning of General Data Protection Law (LGPD) term to 2021. On that (...)

The Resolution of the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) comes into force regulating products derived from Cannabis. On March 10, 2020, Resolution RDC n° 327/2019 came into force, providing for procedures for the granting of Sanitary Authorization for manufacturing and import, as well as establishing requirements for marketing, prescription, dispensing, monitoring and the inspection (...)

BPTO POSTPONES THE SUSPENSION OF DEADLINES UNTIL APRIL 30, 2020 DUE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK Following the governmental recommendations to refrain the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil, the BPTO published Ordinance No. 161, which postpones the suspension of all administrative deadlines until April 30, 2020. The BPTO’s on-site services remain suspended indefinitely. Users’ inquiries will be answered only through digital service channels. The official notice (in Portuguese) (...)

Murta Goyanes Advogados has been invited to contribute in the renowned publication “International Comparative Legal Guide to: Trade Marks 2020”. The lawyers Luiza Duarte and Tatiana Ortiz made a contribution to this publication, the full content of which is available in the link https://iclg.com/practice-areas/trade-marks-laws-and-regulations/brazil. This article was first published in the ICLG in relation to Trade Marks.   (...)

New coronavirus combat-related technologies are part of the BPTO´s priority examination. Aiming at stimulating, producing and licensing new technologies, the National Institute of Industrial Property (BPTO) will prioritize the examination of patent applications related to innovations that can be used to fight the pandemic of the new coronavirus. The measure was made official through Ordinance (...)