NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
The Challenges of Brazilian Franchises
by Daniel Law | Apr 29, 2021 | Articles, Contracts, Franchising, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy
The Brazilian Franchise Association (ABF) reported an impressive growth of 8.3% in total revenues from franchise operations in 2015 and expects sales to expand by at least 6% in 2016. Despite these impressive results, the overall outlook of an economic downturn and...
Les modifications de la politique de confidentialité des big techs examinées de près au Brésil
by André Oliveira | Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Digital
Après avoir rencontré des problèmes similaires à travers le monde au sujet de sa nouvelle politique de confidentialité, WhatsApp fait aujourd’hui face à des questions difficiles au Brésil à l’égard de la conformité à la LGPD (la loi brésilienne sur la protection des...
La Cour Suprême de Justice, le Tribunal Supérieur Electoral et le ministère de la Santé du Brésil ont tous été victimes de fuites de données personnelles en 2020
by André Oliveira | Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Digital
En novembre dernier, la Cour Suprême de Justice brésilienne (STJ) a été la cible d’une attaque présumée par un rançongiciel, entrainant l’interruption de plusieurs procès et la suspension des délais de procédure à la suite de l’invasion de ses systèmes informatiques...
Une fuite de données historique au Brésil : 220 millions de personnes touchées, soit plus que la population du pays
by André Oliveira | Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Digital
En janvier 2021, le Brésil a connu ce qui pourrait être sa jusqu’à présent, concernant les données de plus de 220 millions de personnes et 40 millions d’entreprises. Le montant de données détournées est au dessus du total d’habitants du Brésil. La fuite aurait exposé...
ANPD – L’Autorité brésilienne publie son Agenda règlementaire 2021-2022
by André Oliveira | Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Digital
Compte tenu du silence prolongé de l’autorité brésilienne depuis sa création et la promulgation de la loi du 18 septembre 2020, la publication de cet agenda nous donne un premier aperçu de ses priorités sur les différents sujets. De janvier 2021 à juillet 2022: –...
Madrid Protocol in Brazil: A analysis of the practical effects
by Daniel Law | Apr 26, 2021 | Prosecution
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) still tends to be conservative in its approach towards trademark registration. Brazilian law allows registration only of trademarks that are visually perceptive, and this often causes problems in a modern and...
Naming rights: a two-way synergy
by Carolina Schueler | Apr 16, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Legal, Legal & IP Strategy, Trademarks
Carolina Schueler of Daniel Law discusses why naming rights and sponsorship deals could be a profitable two-way partnership that may last for decades Allianz Arena in Munich, Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Neo Química Arena in São Paulo, Vodafone Park in Istanbul, and...
Change to patent law could be a blow to Brazilian innovation
by Ricardo Nunes | Apr 14, 2021 | Articles, Patents
A Supreme Court ruling limits medical patents to a maximum of 20 years. Investors in innovation are likely to steer clear of Brazil A vote to change a single paragraph of Brazil's industrial property law could pose a significant threat to innovation in the country....
Update on Constitutional Challenge Regarding Term of Patent Protection in Brazil
by Ricardo Nunes | Apr 9, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Litigation, Patents
On Wednesday, the Brazilian Supreme Court postponed its hearing on a constitutional case that challenges the legal provision that establishes a minimum period of patent protection of 10 years counted from the date of grant. The Reporting Justice, however, decided to...
Coronavirus and IP – Is it time for a reflection about the patent system? Or about the life science first?
by Roberto Ribeiro | Mar 15, 2021 | Articles, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Life Sciences, Patents
During my recent attendance at the MIP – Managing Intellectual Property, International Patent Forum 2020 in London early this month, which Daniel Law sponsored, I had the privilege of attending to a session in which the Hon. Mr. Justice Birss, judge of the High Court...
The Nagoya Protocol enters into force in Brazil
by Kene Gallois | Mar 10, 2021 | Articles, Brazil, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Patents, Pharma
The final stage was concluded on March 04, 2021: Brazil ratified the Nagoya Protocol, a multilateral agreement supplementary to the Convention on Biological Diversity that establishes rules of access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with them,...
Madrid Protocol in Brazil – Some First Impressions.
by Daniel Law | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog, BPTO News, Intellectual Property, Legal & IP Strategy, Madrid Protocol, Prosecution, Trademarks
What we have learned about the Madrid Protocol in Brazil In a recent article, we discussed how the Brazilian government began to focus its attention on creating a culture of innovation, and the growth of Intellectual Property and technology in the country over the...
The BPTO: A Positive Transformation?
by Daniel Law | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog, BPTO News, DANIEL INOVA REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE IP, Patents, REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE IP, Trademarks
When meeting international colleagues at conferences and IP events, the conversation often centered around the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office’s (BPTO) well documented problems with delay and backlog of applications. In patents, for example, it was quite...
Next level: about video games and intellectual property
by Fernanda Vieira | Feb 24, 2021 | Articles, Counterfeiting
While the gaming industry was already booming, the pandemic caused by coronavirus caused the numbers to reach historic highs. Suddenly, the world finds itself forced to stay at home with newly found time to play the games that, in turn, have become a window to...
NFT’s and games: the next frontier (and the legal considerations along the way)
by Fernanda Vieira | Feb 24, 2021 | Articles, Digital
They are the "latest craze", the talk of the town. It seems that every week we discover a new use for them. There are three letters that have been appearing consistently in the news: NFT, the so-called non-fungible tokens (in Portuguese, “token não-fungível”). An NFT...