Brazil is a current signatory to The Berne Convention for the protection of works and the rights of their authors. Copyright protection for Brazilians and foreigners is also guaranteed in Brazil´s Federal Constitution and Federal Law #9610/98, also known as the Copyright Law.
In the wake of rapid advances resulting from generative artificial intelligence, global governments, and policymakers are studying and accelerating efforts on how to regulate and legislate about AI, being a multitask work, from what AI is capable to do or not to do, its impacts, and consequences.
Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, announced his intention to reduce the patent examination process in Brazil to two years.
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published, in the Industrial Property Gazette 2749 of September 12, 2023, Ordinance No. 36, which establishes the second edition of the Industrial Designs Guidelines.
Last July 13, 2023, Brazilian President Lula sanctioned Federal Law No. 14.620/23, which introduces a very relevant change regarding the formalization of electronically signed contracts.
Gabriela Neves Salerno of Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello and Jeffrey D. Morton of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP provide a comparative review of the patenting system in Brazil and the US for new medical use and antibodies.
Anna, Juan José y Carlos relatan sus historias, intereses y hobbies. Buscan nuevos desafíos y en los despachos donde de trabajan, los consideran con gran potencial para crecer. Aqui sus perfiles, de la mano de MARCASUR.
On July 11, 2023, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“INPI”) published Ordinances n° 26/2023 and 27/2023, which simplify a series of points related to legal aspects and technical understandings reviewed by the INPI for the improvement of services related to the recordal of technology transfer and licensing agreements in Brazil.
Recently, the Brazilian Congress voted on a new transfer pricing law, sanctioned last June 14, 2023, by President Lula - Law #14,596/2023, adapting Brazil to the OECD standards, with special implications regarding royalties on international operations, practiced between related parties, following international guidelines and the arm's length principle.
Marcasur conversó con Joana de Mattos Siqueira, integrante de la fundación, sobre el nuevo rumbo que tomó a partir de 2021, los objetivos enfocados en las minorías, la recaudación de fondos en el Annual Meeting y el histórico primer paso alcanzado con una universidad brasileña.