Brazil Takes Action Against Counterfeiting: INPI Launches New Anti-Counterfeiting Tool
Recently, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) introduced a new anti-counterfeiting tool aimed at… Read more »
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Common Use Expressions in the Industrial Property Law: Challenges and Limitations
The recent court decision that annulled the “Língua de Gato” trademark (portuguese for “cat tongue”), … Read more »
Legal Framework for Electronic Games: The amendment in the Brazilian Industrial Property Law
The recent Law No. 14,852, enacted on May 3, 2024, brought significant changes to the… Read more »
The New WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge
Last Friday, May 24th, the new treaty by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on… Read more »
New procedure for handling patent applications during second instance examination
On December 12, 2023, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published new rules in… Read more »
The illegal hiring of a competitor’s trademark as a keyword for advertisement boosting on Google Ads platform and the lawful return of sponsored links in searches for a weak trademark belonging to a competitor on Google Search.
Introduction Google Ads operates by “boosting” sponsored links, i.e., paid by the advertiser, to be… Read more »
Patents and Bioeconomy: The impacts of the New Industry Brazil Plan
On January 22nd, the Brazilian government announced the “New Industry Brazil Plan”, aiming to stimulate… Read more »
A granted patent is not a guarantee of non-infringement of third party rights
A patent granted for a product or process is not a guarantee that the exploitation… Read more »
Beyond pixels: on the threshold of intellectual property illegality in the gaming industry
Transcending generational and cultural boundaries, the realm of gaming stands as the premier force in… Read more »
Provisional Measure 1.182/2023 and the trademark protection of sports betting sites (bets) in Brazil
In recent years, an unprecedented phenomenon has become part of and intrinsically related to the… Read more »