At the end of 2010, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office published its New Trademark Guidelines.

In most Latin American countries, trademark ownership is acquired by registering at the Trademark Office.

The international treaty that addresses the deposit of biological materials for the purposes of patent procedure is the Budapest Treaty, which was created on April 28, 1977 and currently has 73 member countries.

Em um de seus últimos atos como Presidente da República, Michel Temer editou a Medida Provisória nº 869, de 27 de dezembro de 2018, publicada no Diário...

Along with corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs) are the most common form of corporate entity in Brazil. LLCs are governed by the Civil Code and may be supplementarily governed by the Corporations Law. An LLC's capital is divided into quotas, representing its equity.

FIFA has recently announced that Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup. While attention was initially on FIFA's requirements for infrastructure, security and education, another matter must be analyzed given its economic importance: the legal framework for marketing.

A recent ruling by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has confirmed the possibility of ratifying a foreign decision without the need for a Brazilian company to be served with process in the lawsuit...

The subject matter of this short article is related to the fact that during the patent specialists course I was able to acquire a better overview on how infringement by equivalence is applied in other countries, mainly, in Japan.

Limited liability companies are governed by the Civil Code (10,406/2002) and may be supplementarily governed by the Corporations Law (6,404/76, as amended). The law requires that companies have a minimum of two members. If any of these is a foreign individual or entity, the member must be represented by a Brazilian resident.

The Nagoya Protocol is a global agreement, supplementary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which regulates the fair and equitable sharing of benefits...

The Civil Rights Framework for the Internet has finally been approved at the National Congress and sanctioned by President Dilma Rousseff.

Protection against unfair competition is founded on the principles established in the Federal Constitution of 1988, with respect to economic policy, namely free competition and consumer protection and control of abuse of economic power and unfair competition.

This mechanism is important to ensure that patents are in force for a reasonable period of 10 years.

A discussion on the constant change of procedural law.

While there is extensive case law protecting trade dress under the Unfair Competition Law, protection under trademark or industrial design law should be sought where possible

Globalisation has broken through territorial boundaries and geographical barriers.

O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), órgão de cúpula do Judiciário brasileiro e responsável pela defesa da Constituição, decidirá se é constitucional ou não o prazo mínimo de vigência das patentes no Brasil ...

The great technological advances of the last few decades, added to the world communication revolution with the popularisation of the internet, have resulted in an increase in data flows...

Ao instituir o GDPR, a União Europeia criou mecanismos para garantir o cumprimento da norma pelos sujeitos a que a ela estão submetidos.

The "creation and launch" of new products and services almost always results in high expectations both for consumers and the market.