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The Brazilian PTO will be closed from March 26, 2021 until April 1, 2021. Deadlines expiring on these dates will automatically be extended to April 5, 2021  

In Brazil, as well as in other countries around the world, theaters are obliged to exhibit a minimum quantity of national audiovisual works. According to Article 55 of Provisional Measure No. 2228/2001, every year the President issues a decree establishing the Screen Quotas for the following year. In the record of the Extraordinary Appeal (RE) (...)

On March 18, 2021, the Brazilian National Film Agency (“ANCINE”) placed under public consultation the proposal of review of the normative instructions that cover the commercial launch of audiovisual works financed with incentivized resources, to evaluate and eventually revise the rules regarding the obligation to commercially release these audiovisual works in theater rooms and television, (...)

On March 11, 2021, the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES) announced the removal of 79,177 content that violated intellectual property rights of its members. According to the entity, ABES removed 56,928 links that violated intellectual property, 19,004 that promoted pirated software, and 110 sites that allowed illegal downloads, only in 2020. The entity’s initiative allows companies to make (...)

The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) granted the appeal filed by the record company Sony Music Brasil, recognizing the statute of limitations for claiming damages in case of unauthorized use of photographs1. The Rio de Janeiro Civil Court had initially granted the plaintiff’s request, and concluded that the statute of limitations does not apply to author’s moral rights. Sony Music appealed to the STJ, (...)

Following to the launch of National Strategy of Intellectual Property (ENPI), the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the 21’ Action Plan, containing several actions related to its annual planning and connected with its strategic and institutional goals, which prioritize the increase of resident participation at creation and protection of IP assets. The Plan contains (...)

The Brazilian Supreme Court denied the Extraordinary Appeal (RE) 1010606, filed by the Aida Curi’s relatives in light of a ruling by the Rio de Janeiro’s Court of Appeals (TJRJ). TJRJ had decided that, by exhibiting the Linha Direta program about the brutal crime of which Aída Curi was a victim, TV Globo fulfilled its (...)

On February 4, a new campaign against the online sale of counterfeit vaccines against Covid-19 was released by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. The campaign is a result of activities from the National Council Against Piracy (CNCP), in a partnership with other public entities. Advertised through the Ministry of Justice’s social networks, the (...)