Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing have become common corporate buzzwords. And for good reason: Corporate stakeholders—consumers, employees, investors, and the like—have made it clear that they want to support companies that have a moral conscience and that use their resources to shape a better way to do business.

Eduardo Machado and Stephany Araujo, Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Viera de Mello’s experts, review the past two years since the implementation of the Madrid Protocol in Brazil.

Deste a entrada em vigor da Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados – LGPD, muito tem se debatido a respeito das incertezas regulatórias que orbitam o universo da regulação do tema perante as microempresas, empresas de pequeno porte e startups. Dentre as inúmeras indefinições, uma em especial tem tirado o sono da maioria dos empreendedores: a obrigatoriedade de indicação de um Encarregado/DPO (Data Protection Officer, conforme previsto no Regulamento Geral de Proteção de Dados da União Europeia – GDPR).

Over the last 5 years, the Brazilian Patent Office has been adopting measures to reduce the backlog in patent examination combined with several improvements in its examination guidelines to perform a high-quality technical examination.

Everybody wants to have their own patents granted, but few are pleased when their competitors' patents are granted as well. As Oscar Wilde once wisely said: "Own successes are encouraging, but failures of others shall also not be despised." In Brazil, as in most other countries, a problematic competitor's patent or patent application can be challenged.

Since the Data Protection Law (“Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados” – “LGPD”) entered into force, a lot has been said on the regulatory uncertainties that orbit the universe of regulation of the subject in micro-enterprises, small businesses, and startups. Among the several uncertainties, one in special has taken the sleep of most entrepreneurs: the obligation to appoint a DPO (Data Protection Officer, as provided by the European Union General Data Protection Regulation).

Autorização para os registros veio com a publicação, nesta semana, da Portaria nº 37.

This Tuesday, September 21, 2021, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published a new ordinance that regulates position marks in Brazil.

Recentemente o INPI -Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial compartilhou uma Consulta Pública sobre o exame de pedidos de registro de Marcas de Posição (Consulta Pública 01/2021), possibilitando a manifestação de interessados no tema.

União incorreria em grave ilegalidade ao não assegurar recursos financeiros à autarquia e ficar com parte do que ela arrecada.