Revised Brazilian Data Protection Law Published

The BPTO moves forward with plan to reduce its patent backlog and intends on achieving an average two-year term for patent examination by 2021

The fact that the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“BPTO”) has built a huge patent backlog over the years has become noteworthy, especially considering that 65.2 percent of patent applications take over 10 years to be decided, according to the BPTO’s Strategic Plan for 2018-2021.

Environmental provisions of the EU/Mercosur trade agreement

As widely disclosed, Mercosur and EU have recently concluded the basis of the trade agreement between the two economic blocs. The principles of the agreement contain an entire section (Section 14) dedicated to sustainability principles.