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As Brazil continues its trajectory as a global economy, securing robust and enforceable patent protection is paramount. With a modernising patent office, political commitment, and experienced partners such as Licks Attorneys, Brazil offers a compelling venue for protecting inventions.

Brazil's health regulator ANVISA has published four public consultations that fundamentally reshape the regulatory framework for medical device reprocessing, moving from a prohibited-products list to a risk-based validation system. The proposals shift responsibility for reuse decisions to healthcare facilities while imposing new labeling requirements and authorization obligations on manufacturers, importers, and processing companies.

Juliane Mendonça, head of Corporate Criminal Law at KLA, contributes a chapter examining the criminal liability of intermediaries in bribery cases involving public officials. The work addresses a controversial question in Brazilian jurisprudence: should an intermediary who facilitates the receipt of undue advantages by public officials be charged with active or passive corruption?