Rob Rodrigues

Co-authored by Karlo Tinoco & Daniela FernandesThe Mercosur Partnership Agreement (“Agreement” or “EMPA”) represents one of the most ambitious trade treaties signed by Brazil. Covering a potential…

The year 2025 marked a decisive turning point for Brazil’s Productive Development Partnerships (PDPs). Throughout the year, 30 PDPs were approved by the Ministry of Health targeting strategic…

Early start as Brazil’s Ministry of Health published Public Call No. 1/2026 (January 8), aimed at identifying innovative digital health solutions and potential partners aligned with the Brazilian…

Brazil’s SEP (standard-essential patent) landscape had interesting developments in 2025. What had long been a promising—but relatively contained—jurisdiction for SEP enforcement became, last year, a…

The Brazilian PTO (BRPTO) has just introduced a significant regulatory change affecting patent applications in the field of electric communication technologies. Through Ordinance #17/2025, published…

Brazil’s Ministry of Health and ABIFINA, the association representing local biosimilar and generic companies, have signed a patent-intelligence cooperation agreement aimed at improving the use of…

AI is driving innovation in every single industry. Particularly health care is facing unprecedented automation in its ecosystem from care management to real time inputs from medical literature. The…

Co-authored by Karlo TinocoBrazilian Court actions are, as a rule, public, with case files accessible to anyone regardless of the reason. This principle of publicity, anchored in the Constitution, is…

In an increasingly collaboration-driven innovation landscape, it is common for inventions to arise from joint efforts among universities, companies, and research centers. This reality calls for…