Last night, several generic companies in Brazil filed lawsuits against patents held by pharmaceutical companies. Specifically, 46 identical lawsuits were filed 46 targeting 79 patents. The cases challenge the patent term awarded by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) …
Brazilian Supreme Court holds that the 10-Year Patent Term in Brazil is Unconstitutional
This is an update to our posts on April 8, 2021 , March 15, 2021 and March 10, 2021. As readers are aware, the Brazilian Supreme Court was scheduled to decide the constitutional challenge involving Article 40 of the Brazilian …
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Patent Examination Finally Begins in the Kuwaiti Patent Office
In a long awaited development, the Kuwaiti Patent Office (KPO) has finally initiated substantive examination of patent applications and is issuing search and examination reports on pending applications. Nonetheless, given that substantive examination is new in Kuwait, the process has …
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Update on the Constitutional Challenges to the 10-Year Patent Term in Brazil
This is an update to our posts on March 15, 2021 and March 10, 2021. As readers are aware, the Brazilian Supreme Court was scheduled to decide the constitutional challenge involving Article 40 of the Brazilian Intellectual Property (IP) Statute …
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NIST’s Proposed Changes to Bayh-Dole Would Create Additional Burdens for Tech Transfer Offices
On January 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that they are seeking comments on proposed changes to the regulations entitled, “ Rights to Federally Funded Inventions and Licensing of Government Owned …
Impossible™ Foods: Protecting Plant-Based Meat Substitutes having the Aroma and Flavor of Meat
In 2011, Impossible™ Foods (Impossible) was founded with the aim of providing meat products with the taste and nutritional benefits of meat but without the negative health and environmental impacts. In 2016, Impossible™ launched its first product, the Impossible™ burger, which …
Update on the Constitutional Challenges to the 10-Year Patent Term in Brazil
This is an update to our post on March 10, 2021 . On Thursday, March 11 th , Reporting Justice Dias Toffoli requested that the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) respond to 13 questions considered relevant by the Brazilian …
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Introducing Future Foods Friday
Welcome to Future Foods Friday! In this new Friday series, we will focus on patent, regulatory and other issues associated with “future food technologies” such as non-animal derived food products, cellular agriculture, and gene editing techniques. As many readers are …
Brazilian Supreme Court sets an earlier date to decide the fate of the 10-year patent term
The constitutional challenge before the Brazilian Supreme Court (ADI 5529) that seeks to invalidate any remaining patent term of approximately 40% of Brazil’s patents and pending applications is scheduled to be decided on April 7, 2021 instead of May 2021. …
Filing a Divisional Application in Europe – Part 15
This is the fifteenth post in our 16-part series examining divisional practice in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam (in no particular order). Our first fourteen …
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