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Twitter must delete a federal representative´s post that linked youtuber Felipe Neto to the Suzano massacre The 1st Civil State Court of Rio de Janeiro granted a preliminary injunction1 ordering the removal of a tweet posted by the federal representative Carlos Jordy, which has linked youtuber Felipe Neto to the massacre occurred at the State (...)

On April 4, 2019, the House of Representatives (lower house) approved the Project of a Parliamentary Decree No. 860/20171, which regulates Brazil’s adherence to the Madrid Protocol. The proposed bill shall now be analyzed by the Senate (upper house). In force in several countries since 1995, the Madrid Protocol2 is an international treaty administered by (...)

20 years of the Brazilian Generics Law On February 10, 2019, the 20th anniversary of Law No. 9,787/99 was celebrated. This law regulated the entry of generic medicines in Brazil. Since its enactment, the landscape of the Brazilian pharmaceutical industry has been deeply changed, due to the increase of access to medicines, ensuring the right (...)

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office will be closed on April 19, 2019. All administrative deadlines expiring on these dates will be automatically extended to April 22, 2019. Deadlines before courts of the states of Sao Paulo and Espírito Santo will be suspended from April 18 to April 22, 2019. In Rio de Janeiro, the (...)

Study points to breach of personal data by hotel chains  A study published by Symantec, a digital security company, showed that two out of three hotels accidentally disclose their guests’ personal data. The survey, based on more than 1,500 hotel websites in 54 countries, found that the breach of information reaches the name, e-mail address, (...)

The Brazilian National Film Agency (“ANCINE”) published last week the Management Report for 2018. The report was restructured seeking a more appropriate communication to the general public, in accordance with the Federal Audit Court’s instructions. According to ANCINE, the new Management Report answers the two main questions of public interest: (i) why does ANCINE exist?”; (...)

On April 2, 2019, the Brazilian Senate (upper house) approved Bill of Law No. 86/15, which amends article 125 of Law No. 9,279/96 (the Industrial Property Act) allowing owners of trademarks registered in Brazil to request of the recognition of “famous mark” to the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO), regardless of opposition, administrative nullity (...)

Domain name grupofolhadecomunicacao.com.br does not violate the rights of the company Folha da Manhã, owner of the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. According to a decision issued by the 1st Chamber of Corporate Law of the State Court of São Paulo1, the registration of the domain name grupofolhadecomunicacao.com.br by Folha de Londrina does not constitute (...)