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Luiza Duarte and Patrícia Rizel are attending the AIPLA 2019 Annual Meeting on behalf of Murta Goyanes Advogados.  The event brings together law firms and institutions directly or indirectly involved with the protection of intellectual property rights, and promotes business opportunities and partnerships.  AIPLA will take place from October 24 to 26, in Washington D.C.

Three new agreements for fostering innovation have been signed by Brazil and Denmark In October 2019, the president of the BPTO’s, Claudio Furtado, and the Chief Executive of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO), Sune Stampe Sorensen, signed, in Copenhagen, three agreements to foster Brazilian-Danish partnerships at innovation activities, including generation and trading of (...)

Hotel should not pay copyrights for making television and radio available in guest’s rooms The 11th Civil Chamber of the Court of Rio de Janeiro held1 that hotels should not pay copyrights due to the use of television and radio in its rooms. The Central Office for Collection and Distribution of Royalties (ECAD) filed a (...)

On September 26, 2019, Ordinance No. 516 of the Ministry of Economy was published with the new official fee schedule for the services rendered by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO). In short, the schedule modifies the costs of some procedures and includes new trademark services, such as Division of Registration and Certification of (...)

On September 11, 2019, the 13th Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro rejected a preliminary injunction request in a writ filed against the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“BPTO”)’s Resolutions Nos. 240 and 241, and the Implementation rules No. 01 to 06, aimed at tackling patent backlog. The claimants are the BPTO’s Workers Association (Associação (...)

The Brazilian National Film Agency (“ANCINE”) launched a public consultation regarding the Regulatory Analysis Report on the Video-on-Demand (VoD) market, drafted by ANCINE.  The Report encompasses different topics related to the Brazilian VoD sector, including aspects of the Brazilian market, regulation, the legal and institutional organization of the VoD service, the offer of Brazilian content, (...)

Google and Apple receive fine for violating the Consumer Protection Code due to the distribution of FaceApp On August 28, 2019, Procon-SP fined Google and Apple for making FaceApp available on “Google Play” and “Apple Store”. According to Procon, the privacy policy of the image editing app would violate the Consumer Protection Code (CDC) due (...)

On September 10, 2019, the Brazilian PTO released the 3rd edition of the Trademark’s Guidelines, which includes the new procedures for the implementation of the Madrid Protocol, which will enter into force as of October 2, 2019. The Brazilian PTO also published Resolution No. 247/2019 regarding trademark registration under the Madrid Protocol and Resolution No. (...)