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Client Alert: Brazilian Senate approves admission to the Madrid Protocol The Brazilian Senate (upper house) approved, on May 22, 2019, Bill of Law No. 98/2019, which formalizes Brazil’s admission to the Madrid Protocol. The agreement will allow companies and individuals from member countries to request, through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the registration of (...)

On May 9, 2019, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) and the Foundation for Support of Research of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement, aiming at making technical information available and combining efforts , skills and technical knowledge for the development of projects, studies and researches in industrial property. (...)

According to the president of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO, recent changes in the entity enable the grant of trademark registrations in 10 months, completion of priority patent examinations in 8 months and grant of computer program registrations in 7 days (http://www.inpi.gov.br/noticias/inpi-assina-protocolo-de-intencoes-com-o-ita-e-acordo-de-cooperacao-com-a-fapesp/view).

The operation of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“BPTO”)´s systems will be interrupted between midnight on June 5 and 11:59 pm on June 10, 2019, due to the move of its Datacenter to a new location. As a result, BPTO’s electronic portal will be unavailable to users, affecting the performance of searches and the (...)

Client Alert: The National Film Agency will resume its regular operation after the Federal Audit Court issued a new decision. The National Film Agency (ANCINE) published an announcement on May 17, 2019 informing that it will resume its regular operation. Such announcement was published a few hours after the Federal Audit Court (TCU) issued a (...)

Client Alert – New guidelines for the Federal Law for Cultural Incentives. The Brazilian Ministry of Citizenship established new guidelines for the Federal Law for Cultural Incentives No. 8,313/91, also known as the Rouanet Law. The Law allows taxpayers (individuals or companies) to allocate part of the income tax to support cultural projects, as a (...)

The BPTO published today for public consultation the draft Resolution about trademark registration in a multiclass system. Interested parties may send suggestions and comments until June 13, 2019.) The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“BPTO”) is preparing to implement proceedings for (a) trademark registration in a multiclass system; (b) joint ownership of trademark registrations; (c) (...)

Brewery Proibida is held liable for ambush marketing in an ad starring Neymar A decision rendered by the 17th Civil Chamber of the Appellate Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro ordered Brewery Proibida to pay damages resulting from the use of a t-shirt similar to the official uniform of the Brazilian soccer team (...)