Computer & Communication Industry Association

The High-Stakes SEP Clash: Patent Leverage, Forum Shopping, and Brazil’s Courts

PublishedApril 9, 2026
Written By
  • Carlos Ragazzo

Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) are central to Brazil’s digital transformation. Yet the country’s legal and institutional framework has not evolved at the same pace. Today, Brazilian courts tend to handle SEPs like ordinary patents, applying general injunction standards without accounting for essentiality, FRAND commitments, or the systemic impact of excluding standardized technologies. This approach is misaligned with international practice and creates conditions in which IP enforcement can be converted into bargaining leverage, used to obtain supra-FRAND settlements.

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  • Digital Economy
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  • Patents
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  • Digital Economy
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