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Following its Action Plan for 2018, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) continues expanding international cooperation through Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) agreements. The new agreement was signed with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) on April 12, during the Management Forum between both institutes. Through the PPH agreement, a patent application already granted (...)

The National Film Agency (ANCINE) will now adopt a quota policy for women, transsexual women, afro-descendants and indigenous for the 2018 Theatrical Production Contest, which will result in the allocation of approximately USD 30,000,000 from the Audiovisual Sectorial Fund (FSA) to independent fiction, documentary or animation feature films. The changes in the Contest’s Call now (...)

Following its Action Plan for 2018, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) continues expanding international cooperation through Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) agreements. The new agreement was signed with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) during the 10th meeting of the United Kingdom-Brazil Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO). Through the PPH agreement, a (...)

According to a recent decision¹ issued by the 47th Civil Court of Rio de Janeiro, internet service providers (ISPs) must monitor new content that exceeds the right to freedom of speech, in addition to those previously indicated for removal in a judicial order. In this case, councilwoman Marielle Franco’s family filed a lawsuit against Google, (...)

According to a recent decision¹ issued by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the Brazilian antitrust agency, enforcing exclusive rights over industrial designs does not constitute anticompetitive conduct. In this case, three renowned automakers adopted several judicial and extrajudicial actions to enforce their industrial design rights against aftermarket auto parts. The National Association of (...)

According to a recent decision¹ issued by the State Court of São Paulo, the act of inducing consumers to uninstall competing app based on false assertions constitutes unfair competition. In this case, the anti-virus app Du Speed Boster, owned by the Chinese company Baidu, issued alerts to its users suggesting that the competing Brazilian app (...)

  On March 7, 2018, the National Film Agency (ANCINE) issued a notice requiring that all economic agents registered before ANCINE update the information on their company level and the Brazilian Product Certificate (“Certificado de Produto Brasileiro”) of their audiovisual works. The measure will reduce bureaucracy and expedite ANCINE’s regulatory and fund raising procedures. The (...)

According to a recent decision¹ issued by the 1st Federal Court of Assis, São Paulo, the mere fact that an ingredient is not included in the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (“Anvisa”)’s regulations, without confirmation of potential health damage, cannot be considered an obstacle to the renewal of beverage registrations. In this case, a beverage company (...)