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On January 7, 2019, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) officially approved, through Resolution No. 232/2019, the industrial design manual, consolidating the guidelines and procedures related to the examination of applications for registration of industrial designs. Among the covered topics, the BPTO expressed its view relating to the priority right and protection of parts (...)

The creation of ANPD was provided in the bill of law that resulted in the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Law No. 13,709/18 – “LGPD”), but it was vetoed by the former President on the grounds that the creation of the authority was the prerogative of the Executive Branch of the government, instead of the (...)

According to Decree No. 9,660, dated January 1, 2019, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office will be under the umbrella of the Ministry of Economy, a combination of three former Ministries: Finance, Planning and part of the Ministry of Development and Foreign Trade. The new Ministry will be headed by Paulo Guedes and its main (...)

In a recent decision, the Brazilian Ministry of Culture (“MinC”) approved¹ three entities as collective management associations for the collection and distribution of copyrights due to exhibition of audiovisual works. The applications filed by Interartis Brasil (Association of Performers of the Brazilian audiovisual sector), GEDAR (Association of Brazilian writers) and DBCA (Association of Brazilian directors (...)

The Ministry of Justice will promote in Brasilia, on December 6, the 1st National Meeting to Combat Piracy and Related Crimes. The partner Marcelo Goyanes will address as a speaker the topic “The Site Blocking Actions based on Copyright Infringement”, with representatives of Ancine, Anatel, Anvisa, private sector and the Federal Revenue Service.

The Brazilian audiovisual sector has a new Co-Production Agreement between Brazil and Italy, which will be used by the National Film Agency (ANCINE) for analyzing and recognizing co-production audiovisual projects between both countries. The new agreement was approved on November 14, 2018, through Presidential Decree No. 9,563, and replaces and updates the Co-production Agreement executed (...)

Antonio Murta and Marcelo Goyanes will participate as speakers at the “Symposium 2018 – Music in the Digital Era” and will address topics such as copyright in the music and audio-visual markets, based on the legislations of Brazil, Europe and United States. The event will be promoted by Cedro Rosa on December 3, 2018, at Teatro (...)

On October 30, 2018, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published Resolution No. 227, which defines the procedures for the analysis of patent applications by using the results of searches already carried out by Patent Offices from other countries, International or Regional Organizations. Such measure aims at reducing the number of patent applications waiting (...)