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Luiz Leonardos & Advogados is once again recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America 2022
LLIP was once again recognized by the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 Latin America guide in the Intellectual Property practice area.
Luiz Leonardos & Advogados is recognized by Latin Lawyer 250 2021
Our firm was recognized by the 2021 edition of the Latin Lawyer 250 guide in the Intellectual property practice.
Brazilian Supreme Court decides on the extension of the decision that determined the sole paragraph of article 40 of the IP Law to be unconstitutional
After the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the provision of the Brazilian IP Law that guarantees the minimum term of validity of 10 years for patents of invention, and 7 years for utility model patents, counted from the grant, the Ministers have ruled that the legal effects...
Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the provision of the Brazilian IP Law that guarantees the minimum term of validity of 10 years for patents of invention, and 7 years for utility model patents, counted from the grant
The Brazilian Industrial Property Law (article 40, sole paragraph) established that the term of validity will be of either 20 years for patents of invention (and 15 years for utility model patents), counted from the filing date, or 10 years for patents of invention...