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This Friday, Sept 16, Marcelo Goyanes will be a panelist at the Municipal Law, Innovation and Entertainment Congress, in Rio de Janeiro. He will speak about licensing and authorizations for cultural events, at 1:30 pm.

On August 29, 2022, the House of Representatives approved the draft Decree N° 274/22, providing for Brazil’s adhesion to the Hague Agreement on the international registration of industrial designs. This matter will now be analyzed by the Senate. The purposes of the Hague Agreement is to simplify procedures and reduce costs for the registration of industrial designs abroad, benefiting both Brazilians who (...)

The National Film Agency – ANCINE´s recently published Ordinance 611-E/202 establishes criteria and procedures for submissions of priority requests for the analysis of audiovisual projects with public resources. Interested parties may request priority analysis in the following cases: (1) for the release of incentive resources, after approval of the project’s execution, and (2) for the execution and contracting of resources from the Audiovisual Sectoral Fund (FSA), (...)

We are pleased to announce that Murta Goyanes Advogados is once again listed in a prestigious international ranking as one of the best patent offices in Brazil. The IAM Patents 1000 guide also included Antonio Murta Filho, Luiza Duarte Pereira, Marcelo Goyanes and Vinícius Casciano among the best professionals in the market: “According to clients, Murta Goyanes is ‘one of the (...)

The Brazilian PTO will  be  closed  on June 16 and 17, 2022. Deadlines  expiring  on these dates will  be  automatically extended to June 20, 2022.  

The Brazilian PTO will  be  closed  on April 21 and 22, 2022. Deadlines  expiring  on these dates will  be  automatically extended to April 25, 2022.  

Marcelo Bonfá, the drummer and one of the founders of legendary Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana debuts this month in the non-fungible tokens market, and relies on Murta Goyanes Advogados for legal issues regarding NFTs. Musician and visual artist, Bonfá will make available his digital works on the Kickoff Music platform. Fans will also be able to buy a printed (...)

On 15th March 2022, the Federal Senate approved, in a final decision, the Complementary Law Bill No. nº 73/2021, named “Lei Paulo Gustavo” (Paulo Gustavo Law), in honor of the actor, who died of Covid-19 in May last year. The resources referred to in the Bill come from the current financial surplus – that is, money that was without (...)