The COVID-19 pandemic has definitely changed the way we live. While the majority of law firms in Brazil are still working almost 100% remotely, at home, the Brazilian Courts and the Brazilian Trademark and Patent Office have also adapted themselves to this new reality, changing the centenary presential routine for home office.
It has been almost a year since Brazil joined the Madrid Protocol and still some key procedures for the national trademark registration process remain pending, including the multiclass system, division of applications/registrations and, until recently, the co-ownership regime.
Brazil is recognized worldwide for the quality of its football players and for the team, which is five times world champion. But a dispute related to the sport has been highlighted in recent years.
Brazil has updated the legislation (Law n°13.966) that regulates the franchising system, in force since March 26, 2020, inserting new rules and confirming certain guidelines and conditions already practiced in the market..
The Supreme Court o Brazil is about to schedule the judgement session of the lawsuit ( ADIN ) 5529 filed by the Federal District Attorney’s Office seeking the invalidation of the sole paragraph of section 40 of the Brazilian Patent Law, which provides for a minimum term of 10 years of validity of patents after their grant by the Brazilian Patent Office.
In recent years, the National Institute of the Industrial Property (INPI) has presented a strong movement of modernization and adaptation to international best practices. Within the INPI, there are several projects that aim to bring the protection of industrial property rights to levels never seen in the country.
According to Article 129 of Brazilian Industrial Property Act (Federal Law 9279/96), a trademark registration grants the owner exclusive rights upon its use within the Brazilian territory. In sequence, however, article 132, III sets forth that the owner of the trademark will not be able to restrain the free circulation/commerce of its product/mark, after it has been placed on the national market by the owner itself or by a third party to whom the owner has given its authorization.
In less than 48 hours, privacy professionals in Brazil and around the world have seen significant developments and unique challenges regarding the country's data protection legal landscape and, in particular, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law.
To better understand this article, we must start with a simple question: What is diversity and inclusion.
To better understand this article, we must start with a simple question: What is diversity and inclusion.