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On March 11, 2021, the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES) announced the removal of 79,177 content that violated intellectual property rights of its members. According to the entity, ABES removed 56,928 links that violated intellectual property, 19,004 that promoted pirated software, and 110 sites that allowed illegal downloads, only in 2020. The entity’s initiative allows companies to make (...)

The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) granted the appeal filed by the record company Sony Music Brasil, recognizing the statute of limitations for claiming damages in case of unauthorized use of photographs1. The Rio de Janeiro Civil Court had initially granted the plaintiff’s request, and concluded that the statute of limitations does not apply to author’s moral rights. Sony Music appealed to the STJ, (...)

Following to the launch of National Strategy of Intellectual Property (ENPI), the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the 21’ Action Plan, containing several actions related to its annual planning and connected with its strategic and institutional goals, which prioritize the increase of resident participation at creation and protection of IP assets. The Plan contains (...)

The Brazilian Supreme Court denied the Extraordinary Appeal (RE) 1010606, filed by the Aida Curi’s relatives in light of a ruling by the Rio de Janeiro’s Court of Appeals (TJRJ). TJRJ had decided that, by exhibiting the Linha Direta program about the brutal crime of which Aída Curi was a victim, TV Globo fulfilled its (...)

On February 4, a new campaign against the online sale of counterfeit vaccines against Covid-19 was released by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. The campaign is a result of activities from the National Council Against Piracy (CNCP), in a partnership with other public entities. Advertised through the Ministry of Justice’s social networks, the (...)

 On February 4, 2021, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) executed a technical cooperation agreement aiming at stimulating the use of Industrial Property (IP) system as strategic tool for Brazilian companies trade abroad, as well as consolidating the use of IP in Apex-Brazil’s investment attraction programs.  Effective for (...)

Last Wednesday (03), the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) began the general repercussion trial of the Extraordinary Appeal (RE) no. 1,010,606 about the existence or not of the Right to be Forgotten and its compatibility with the Brazilian Constitution, personality rights, and freedom of speach. In this case, the Extraordinary Appeal was filed by the relatives (...)

In a decision issued by the 7th Special Civil Court of Brasília1, the understanding provide for in Law 12,965/14 (Marco Civil da Internet) was applied, which states that Internet application providers can only be held responsible for civil damages arising from third party content in the event of non-compliance with a specific court order aiming the (...)