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.
A Practice Note addressing the scope of protection provided by a Brazilian patent. This Note includes information on the legal analytical framework for determining if a Brazilian patent covers potentially infringing products or processes. It also addresses patent claim construction and infringement, including infringement under the doctrine of equivalents.
After decades of walking slowly, AI seems to be accelerating towards a future full of lights. In November 2022, ChatGPT was launched and, almost5 days after its launch, more than a million people had already tried it. But what is it?
Survey reveals that in 2021 losses caused by the commerce of counterfeit products exceeded R$ 336 billion reais.
The protection of Industrial Property rights in Brazil is set forth in the constitutional and infra-constitutional plan, respectively by Article 5th, item XXIX of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil and by the provisions of Act No. 9279/96 (Industrial Property Act).
In 2019, a new Franchise Law was published, introducing certain changes by bringing clarity to the business relationship between Franchisor and Franchisee with greater legal certainty, transparency, and simplification.
As we mark International Women’s Day, female IP leaders share their thoughts on how equity is fundamentally different to equality, and why recognising this distinction is crucial.
A Practice Note discussing the civil and criminal claims available against counterfeiters and gray market goods sellers, the border protection mechanisms in Brazil that help identify and prevent the importation of counterfeit and gray market goods, and general anti-counterfeiting strategies intellectual property right (IPR) owners can employ in Brazil.
Where would the world be in technical development today without patents? Would we have sent a rocket to the moon and to Mars? Would the mobile had been invented? Probably not.