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The Provisional Measure that created the Brazilian Data Protection Authority also postponed for six months the deadline to comply with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, which will come into force in August 2020

Kasznar Leonardos is delighted to announce that effective January 1st, 2019, Diego Mônaco, Fábio Ferreira and Priscila Kashiwabara will become new partners … Kasznar Leonardos welcomes new partners for 2019

In the wake of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the new Brazilian Data Protection Act (LGPD) was enacted into … Brazil: Data Protection Law Enacted

In his third book, La Defensa Judicial del Derecho de Marca (“Judicial Protection of Trademark Rights”), Diego Chijane incorporates concepts related to … Review of the book “Judicial Protection of Trademark Rights”

A Q&A guide to trade mark litigation in Brazil. The Q&A gives a high level overview of trade mark disputes, including how … Trademark litigation in Brazil

As an alternative to reduce the number of pending patent applications waiting for examination and expediting the technical examination, the Brazilian Patent … The Brazilian Patent Office (BPO) publishes Resolution No. 227/2018 regarding the use of the examination of other jurisdictions

Brazilian Consumer Protection Agency (DPDC, in the Portuguese acronym), an agency under the Brazilian Department of Justice, published this month its decisions … Brazilian Consumer Protection Agency fines three companies for abusive advertising directed at children

The rules on the filing of amendments to patent applications until a Patent Office completes the examination are clear throughout the world. … The controversy regarding amendments to patent applications in Brazil

In its continued effort to decrease the patent examination backlog, the Brazilian Patent Office has signed its seventh PPH agreement, this time … Brazilian Patent Office establishes PPH pilot project with Denmark

Our partner Fernanda Magalhães were interviwed by Leaders League guide about Marketing & Entertainment Law.

As an alternative to accelerate the examination of patent applications in several areas, the Brazilian Patent Office (INPI) has published Resolution INPI/PR … INPI establishes pilot project of PPH INPI-UKIPO

A Q&A guide to medicinal product regulation and product liability law in Brazil. The Q&A gives a high level overview of key … Medicinal product regulation and product liability in Brazil 2018

A Q&A guide to pharmaceutical IP and competition law in Brazil. The Q&A gives a high level overview of key issues including … Pharmaceutical IP and competition law in Brazil 2018

Litigating employees’ or service providers’ intellectual property rights cases in Brazil can take a long time, starting with procedural incidents challenging court … Employee’s Intellectual Property Rights

The Brazilian IP Law determines that use of a trademark must be initiated within 5 (five) years of the registration issuance date … New rules of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office for validation of evidence of use of trademarks in forfeiture proceedings