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BPTO shows expressive results in the first half of 2020. Recently, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (‘BPTO’) has published the Performance Report, based on the first half of 2020, as well as the second version of Action Plan 2020. Even facing covid-19 pandemic, almost all the goals initially stablished for this year were maintained (...)

Oxford’s experimental vaccine against Covid-19 is safe and induces immune response. Preliminary results from phases 1 and 2 trials of the vaccine against the new coronavirus developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca suggest that it is safe and induces an immune response. According to an article published Monday (July 20) in the British (...)

Transparency rule of social networks in debate of Fake News Bill of Law divides opinion between major social media platforms and civil society representatives. After approval in the Brazilian Senate, the House of Representatives is currently discussing Bill of Law No. 2630 of 2020 (“Fake News Law”), in particular the implementation of transparency rules. Among the determinations provided (...)

Rio de Janeiro State Court decides that a full rights buyout can only occur when the authors of a particular work receive compensation for the copyright transfer. According to a recent decision rendered by the 2nd Business Court of the State Court of Rio de Janeiro, a full rights buyout can only occur if the authors of a particular (...)

Public consultation on regulatory impact analysis on half-price entry legal obligation is postponed to August. The National Film Agency (ANCINE) extended for another month the Public Consultation on the Regulatory Impact Analysis – AIR regarding the legal obligation of half-price entry into the Brazilian exhibition market, launched in May this year. The analysis presents data related (...)

Fiocruz develops low complexity and efficient equipment for air filtration in ICUs. The team of the Infrastructure General Cordination of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation´s Campi (‘Fiocruz’) has developed an efficient and low cost equipment for air treatment in Intensive Care Units (‘ICU’). The development of such device was motivated by emergency of a sanitary crisis due (...)

US Supreme Court maintains legal prohibition on robocalls to cell phones. In a recent decision issued by the United States Supreme Court, the prohibition established by the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act on robocalls to cell phones was maintained. The constitutionality of such law was challenged by political consultants for allegedly violating the First Amendment (...)

Scientists report differences in the blood plasma of COVID-19 patients. Scientists at the Crick Institute, in the United Kingdom, and at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin, in Berlin, quickly determined, through mass spectrometry, the levels of various proteins in the blood plasma of COVID-19 patients. According to the results, some of these proteins are linked to the severity of (...)