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New coronavirus combat-related technologies are part of the BPTO´s priority examination. Aiming at stimulating, producing and licensing new technologies, the National Institute of Industrial Property (BPTO) will prioritize the examination of patent applications related to innovations that can be used to fight the pandemic of the new coronavirus. The measure was made official through Ordinance (...)

Estimate shows a possible decrease of R$ 140 million in ECAD’s collection of royalties The Central Collection and Distribution Office (ECAD) recently announced a possible loss of approximately R$ 140 million in the collection of amounts resulting from the public performance of musical compositions and phonograms, if the quarantine established due to the Covid-19 pandemic (...)

The Brazilian Association of Independent Television Producers (BRAVI) filed a Direct Unconstitutionality Action¹ arguing that any interpretation of Law No. 12,965/14, known as Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, and Law No. 13,874/19, known as the Economic Freedom Act, allowing the availability of paid audiovisual content on the internet, organized in a linear time (...)

Packaging of “Futurinhos Black” cookies does not infringe Oreo’s trade dress. In a recent judgment, the 6th Civil Chamber of Paraná State Court decided that the packaging of “Futurinhos Black” cookies, produced by GL Indústria e Distribuição de Alimentos SA, does not violate the trade dress of the famous Oreo cookies. After the preliminary injunction determining (...)

Companies are prevented from offering for sale coffee capsules compatible with the coffee machine Nescafé Dolce Gusto Based on its Brazilian patent and industrial design registrations relating to the Nescafé Dolce Gusto beverage system, Nestlé filed a lawsuit to prevent defendants from marketing and offering for sale coffee capsules compatible with its Nescafé Dolce Gusto (...)

São Paulo State Court decides that it is not necessary to impose on the internet service providers an obligation to filter results, except in situations of offense to personality rights. According to a recent preliminary injunction decision rendered by reporter Judge Paulo Alcides Salvo from the 6th Chamber of Private Law of the São Paulo (...)

National Film Agency (ANCINE) approves the creation of new Accountability Superintendence The Board of Directors of the National Film Agency (ANCINE) approved the creation of the Accountability Superintendence, aiming the improvement of the public policy related to the promotion of the audiovisual sector and to consolidate a new model to the execution of public resources (...)

Santa Catarina State Court decides that there is no undue association between energy drinks from the Brazilian company Red Horse and the multinational Red Bull According to the 5th Chamber of Commercial Law of the Santa Catarina State Court, the trademark and trade dress of the energy drinks offered by the Brazilian company Red Horse (...)