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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 (...)

According to a recent decision¹ rendered by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice, the expression “País do Futebol” (in English, “Country of Soccer”) is a generic expression of common and generic use, in public domain, and cannot be registered as a trademark. In this case, PBC Comunicação filed a lawsuit against the Brazilian Patent and (...)

According to a recent decision rendered on Special Appeal No. 1.763.920 by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice, Leroy Merlin does not have to pay public performance rights to ECAD for music played in its stores. In this case, ECAD (the sole performance rights organization in Brazil) filed a lawsuit against Leroy Merlin seeking payment (...)

Maria Alice Calliari represents Murta Goyanes Advogados at AIPLA 2018. AIPLA’s annual meeting will take place in Washington, DC, from October 25 to 27, 2018, and will gather law firms and institutions directly or indirectly involved in the protection of Intellectual Property, providing business opportunities and partnerships.  

According to a recent decision¹ rendered by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice, the unauthorized use of an individual’s image (likeness) for commercial purposes results in the obligation to pay to the offended party part of the profits that arose out of the unlawful act, in addition to moral and monetary damages. In this case, (...)