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It is estimated that, last October, thousands of Brazilians received warning letters requesting the payment of R$ 3,000for downloading movies through torrent services. The warning letters were related to the supposed downloads and shares of different films such as “Secret Service Invasion”, “Hellboy” and “Rambo: Until the End”. In Brazil, article 184 of the Criminal (...)

Following the public consultation made in 2019, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published on December 1st, 2020 the Normative Instruction No. 118/2020, which establishes the new Guidelines for Examination of Biotech Patent Applications. The main differences between the former Guidelines and the current ones can be found below: – better definition of undue (...)

The BRAZILIAN NATIONAL FILM AGENCY (ANCINE) published its proposed Regulatory Agenda for 2021/2022. The document, which sets forth the strategic matters that will be addressed by ANCINE within the coming years, providing predictability to the sector about future decisions and allowing society, in general, to monitor ANCINE’s performance.  Among other issues listed in the agenda, (...)

Tomorrow (3/12), our partner Antonio Murta participates in the #JALP Talks Webinar on how to protect your trade secrets. The meeting takes place on the International Association of Young Lawyers of Portuguese Language’s Facebook. #MurtaGoyanes #JALPTALKS

According to a recent decision¹ issued by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice, the remaining old copies of the video game title Fifa Soccer on the market is not enough to confirm an uninterrupted violation of the image rights of a soccer player who has not authorized its use. In that case, two soccer players (...)

In a public action filed by the Public Prosecution Office of Brazil’s Federal District, a preliminary injunction was issued ordering the suspension of sale of consumers’ personal data by by Serasa Experian. Part of the Plaintiff’s arguments highlighted the impact of Serasa’s practice on the use of personal information for mass shooting of texts during the 2020 elections, which would be repressed (...)

Although the seed sector has specific legislations, piracy of seeds and seedlings still represents a loss of more than R$ 2 billion/year for Brazilian agribusiness. In order to intensify actions to combat illegal seeds and seedlings, the federal government will soon publish a decreebringing (a) greater clarity on the information required from the producer regarding (...)

On November 17, 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (SCJ) affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals of the State of Rio de Janeiro on a copyright dispute involving vignettes broadcasted by Rádio Globo, such as “Rádio Globo-ooo”, “Fluminense-eee” and “Fla-men-go-oo”1. This dispute was initiated in 2009 and the plaintiff (...)