ARARIPE will be attending the 147th INTA’s Annual Meeting, in San Diego – CA
We are pleased to announce our attendance in the 147th Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA), which will take place from May 17 to 21, 2025, in San Diego, California. This is one of the leading global events on Intellectual Property, bringing together professionals and experts to debate trends, challenges and innovations in […]
Unified Patent Regulation
On September 3, 2024, the rules applicable to patent applications, certificates of addition and divisional patent applications were formally organized, i.e. those that have been divided due to a strategy for their protection in isolation or a need pointed out by the examiner. This regulation, which was previously separated into different documents, consolidates the provisions […]
Pharmaceutical Patents in Brazil
Prior to the 1996, the Industrial Property Law (from now on, referred to as LPI), pharmaceutical products were excluded from patent protection in our country. In April of 1997, under the above-mentioned law, chemical pharmaceutical inventions and transgenic microorganisms came under the protection of this law. There followed a heated debate about granting exclusive rights […]
Patent Examination Backlog: the 4 year examination goals
Among the most deserved critics of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) was its long-lasting and extreme backlog in the examination of both patent and trademark applications. Several reasons could be listed for such a chaotic situation, varying from lack of the government´s political interest in solving the matter to plain inefficiency of the […]
Non Fungible Tokens – NFTs
The specialized media has highlighted NFTs. The non-Fungible Tokens are part of an abstract concept in the world of Internet. These tokens have gone viral due to their high sales value. This concept, however, began to be developed more than a decade ago through the use of blockchain technology. This technology is relevant in this […]