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The past couple of years have seen some major developments in how Brazilian courts interpret and enforce trademark law at all levels. This article reviews some of the latest changes related to protection for non-traditional trademarks, the special rule for determining jurisdiction in trademark infringement cases and the administrative seizure of counterfeits by Customs.

The 1996 Brazilian Industrial Property Act (9,279/96) establishes a mixed trademark protection system by which an attributive arrangement grants first-to-file protection rights along with some declaratory system exceptions, such as *bona fide* six-month prior use of an unregistered trademark. Despite general satisfaction with this system, it is a fact that the law admits only the registration of visual-perceptive signs as trademarks (Section 122).

However, this limitation does not mean that non-visual signs which function as trademarks are bereft of protection. The Industrial Property Act sets out a so-called ‘ge

The growth of the Brazilian market and economy is paralleled by the increase in counterfeiting activities. The enforcement of IP rights involves planning, technology, intelligence, training and coordination, with support from a number of laws and treaties, as well as the relevant rules of the Federal Constitution, the Civil Code, the Criminal Code, the Civil Procedure Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and administrative statutory instruments.

The legal framework for anti-counterfeiting includes:

• the Industrial Property Law (9,279/96);

• the Copyright Law (9,610/98); and

• the Software Law (9,609/98).

In addition, Brazil is a signatory to the main international IP instruments, such as:

• the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (as reviewed in Stockholm in 1967);

• the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of IP Rights (TRIPs);

• the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artist

Os sócios Elisabeth Kasznar, Gabriel Leonardos, Filipe Leonardos, Claudio Roberto Barbosa e Rafael Lacaz figuram, dentre os melhores profissionais de marcas, no recém-lançado guia “IP Stars 2014”, da Managing IP. Destes 5 sócios, Claudio Barbosa foi indicado também como “estrela” em patentes. No ranking dos escritórios, Kasznar Leonardos é “Tier 2” em serviços de marcas (administrativo e contencioso).

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Compartilhamos com vocês a matéria do Jornal do Brasil sobre evento realizado ontem pela Câmara Portuguesa, com palestra do presidente do INPI, Otávio Brandelli, sobre indicações geográficas e patrocínio de Kasznar Leonardos. Marcaram presença no evento os sócios Filipe Leonardos e João Vianna.

Compartilhamos com vocês a matéria do Jornal do Brasil sobre evento realizado ontem pela Câmara Portuguesa, com palestra do presidente do INPI, Otávio Brandelli, sobre indicações geográficas e patrocínio de Kasznar Leonardos. Marcaram presença no evento os sócios Filipe Leonardos e João Vianna.

Compartilhamos com vocês a matéria do Jornal do Brasil sobre evento realizado ontem pela Câmara Portuguesa, com palestra do presidente do INPI, Otávio Brandelli, sobre indicações geográficas e patrocínio de Kasznar Leonardos. Marcaram presença no evento os sócios Filipe Leonardos e João Vianna.

Foi sancionada, pela presidente Dilma Rousseff, no último dia 23 de Abril, e entrará em vigor no final do mês de junho, a Lei nº 12.965/2014, oriunda do PL 21.626/11, também conhecida como “Marco Civil da Internet”.

Os debates estavam sendo travados no Brasil desde 2009. Por muitos chamada de “a Constituição da Internet”, a norma em questão veio para estabelecer princípios, garantias, deveres e direitos para a utilização da rede mundial de computadores no Brasil, tornando-se um novo marco regulatório para o setor de informática.

Abrindo o texto da lei, disposições preliminares (art. 1º a 4º) trazem os fundamentos, princípios e objetivos da disciplina do uso da Internet no Brasil, ficando evidenciado que a liberdade de expressão deverá conviver com a proteção da privacidade na rede. A tensão entre esses dois princípios – que merecem ser ponderados e harmonizados, mas não hierarquizados – segue em diversas outras disposições da Lei, como veremos a seguir.

Despite being usually seen as comparable parts of the BRICs , the emerging economies of China and Brazil have more differences than similarities, not to mention the countries’ historic and cultural backgrounds. Ever since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), China has impressed the world with very good indicators: substantial and steady increase in its GDP, relevant internal market, increasing participation in global trade, impressive rates of innovation and an environment that is globally much welcoming to foreign investment. Brazil, on its side, has managed to surpass economic chaos caused by hyperinflation in the beginning of the 1990s and to create a market that is both friendly to foreign investments and strongly responsive to its internal demands, after years of economic stagnancy. Both countries are heralded as strong healthy economies, with a good share of natural resources and good perspectives for the future. On the verge of organizing two major sports events in the window of tw

Despite being usually seen as comparable parts of the BRICs , the emerging economies of China and Brazil have more differences than similarities, not to mention the countries’ historic and cultural backgrounds. Ever since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), China has impressed the world with very good indicators: substantial and steady increase in its GDP, relevant internal market, increasing participation in global trade, impressive rates of innovation and an environment that is globally much welcoming to foreign investment. Brazil, on its side, has managed to surpass economic chaos caused by hyperinflation in the beginning of the 1990s and to create a market that is both friendly to foreign investments and strongly responsive to its internal demands, after years of economic stagnancy. Both countries are heralded as strong healthy economies, with a good share of natural resources and good perspectives for the future. On the verge of organizing two major sports events in the window of tw

Despite being usually seen as comparable parts of the BRICs , the emerging economies of China and Brazil have more differences than similarities, not to mention the countries’ historic and cultural backgrounds. Ever since the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), China has impressed the world with very good indicators: substantial and steady increase in its GDP, relevant internal market, increasing participation in global trade, impressive rates of innovation and an environment that is globally much welcoming to foreign investment. Brazil, on its side, has managed to surpass economic chaos caused by hyperinflation in the beginning of the 1990s and to create a market that is both friendly to foreign investments and strongly responsive to its internal demands, after years of economic stagnancy. Both countries are heralded as strong healthy economies, with a good share of natural resources and good perspectives for the future. On the verge of organizing two major sports events in the window of tw

1 What are the principal statutes regulating advertising generally?

The legal basis for the provision of advertisement regulation is set forth by the 1988 Brazilian Constitution, which determines that the law will provide for special rules on the advertising of products and services that may offer health and environmental risks, such as tobacco, alcohol and medicines (section 220, paragraph 3, II, and paragraph 4).

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Valor Econômico. Legislação e Tributos.