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Vinícius Casciano, associate of Murta Goyanes, will participate in the IV International Symposium on Immunobiologicals, to be held between May 7 and 9, at the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of the event is to foster technological development, integration between scientists, researchers and institutions, and provide visibility to Brazilian scientific production. (...)

The Brazilian Ministry of Citizenship established new guidelines for Law No. 8,313/91, also known as the Rouanet Law (now called the Federal Law for Cultural Incentives), which allows taxpayers (individuals or companies) to allocate part of the income tax to support cultural projects, as a donation or sponsorship. In practice, the fundraising for the fostered (...)

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office, the courts of the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Espírito Santo, Distrito Federal and Minas Gerais, the Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro, the Superior Court of Justice and the Brazilian Supreme Court will suspend their activities on May 1, 2019. All deadlines expiring on these dates (...)

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, (...)