The BPTO now enables requestfor customer support by videoconference
On November 3rd, 2020, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) announced a tool for scheduling videoconference meetings between users and examiners. After the requestis filed, an e-mail will be sent to the interested party with in 7 working days rejecting or accepting the request. Each videoconference meeting is estimated to last one hour, and (...)
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Ancine´s public consultation on regulatory impacts of the managing power
On October 26, 2020, the Brazilian National Film Agency (ANCINE) placed under public consultation the Regulatory Notice which addresses the evaluation of the “Managing Power” institute. According to ANCINE, the goal is to foster public debate and gather contributions in order to base ANCINE’s decision on the future regulation of the matter. The managing power (...)
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The Court of Appeals of the State of São Paulo decides that there is no unfair competition as a result of the similarities between Vigor’s and Danone’s trade dresses
The 1st Chamber of Corporate Law of the Court of Appeals of the State of São Paulo (TJSP) dismissed an unfair competition lawsuit filed by the company Vigor, based on the trade dress adopted by the company Danone in its Greek yogurt packaging. According to the reporter judge, Cesar Ciampolini, “the size, relevance and notoriety of the trademarks of both (...)
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Antonio Murta participates in the 40th International Intellectual Property Congress held by ABPI
Today begins the 40th International Intellectual Property Congress held by ABPI and tomorrow (10/20) our partner Antonio Murta participates in the debate “The protection of the brand in the current legislation”, at 2:30 pm. More information at: https://congresso.abpi.org.br/grade-de-eventos #MurtaGoyanes #trademark #ABPI
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STJ grants damages to MC Leozinho for the unauthorized use of the chorus of his song as the name of SBT’s reality show
The 3rd Panel of the Superior Court of Justice1 (STJ) ordered the broadcast company SBT to pay damages to the artist MC Leozinho of R$ 20,000 due to the unauthorized use of a part of the chorus of one of his songs as the name of a television program. In 2010, the defendant tried to obtain a copyright license to use the song “Se (...)
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BPTO evaluates the possibility of anticipating the second phase of PPH.
Based on the excellent results already achieved by the Backlog Combat Plan and the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) priority examination, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (‘BPTO’) is evaluating the possibility of anticipating the beginning of the PPH’s second phase, from January 1st, 2022 to January 1st, 2021, as well as the following proposals: – increasing (...)
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Marcelo Goyanes participates in Expocine 2020
On October 16 (Friday), at 1 pm, our partner Marcelo Goyanes participates in Expocine 2020 in the panel “Piracy in the World and National Context” alongside Andressa Pappas (director of MPA – Motion Picture Association) and Jonas Antunes (Director Regulatory Legal Department of ABTA – Brazilian Pay-TV Association). The table will be mediated by Tânia (...)
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Disney has not granted authorization to use characters of its motion picture “The Muppets” in political campaign to São Paulo’s City Hall
Ms.Joice Hasselmann,who is frequently called Miss Piggy, one of the most well-known characters of the film “The Muppets”, decided to use images from the famous film in her political campaign, simulating the puppets singing her jingle. However, Disney, holder of the copyrights in and to the characters, claims that is has not authorized use of (...)
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