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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 growth of the Brazilian market and economy is paralleled by the increase in counterfeiting activities. The enforcement of IP rights involves … Anti-counterfeiting Guide 2018

Our firm wrote an article about Patent Litigation in Brazil for Chambers Global Practice Guides.

On 22 December 2017 came into force the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency’s (ANVISA) Service Orientation no. 43/2017 (OS 43/17), establishing objective and … New regulation for registration and posterior modifications of name of drugs and biological products before ANVISA

Brazil’s trademark law requires rights owners to use their marks, but there is an important exception to this rule, and pharmaceutical companies … Pharma trademarks in Brazil: an exception to the rule

It is not new that owners of intellectual property rights have been waging long and relentless battles against those who insist on … Internet infringers: You can run, but you can’t ride

Legislative framework and causes of action   The Brazilian Constitution guarantees patent, trademark and copyrights as a means to secure the social … Trademark Litigation 2018: Litigation procedures and strategies in Brazil

This Q&A gives a high level overview of trade mark disputes, including how trade mark infringement is assessed; unregistered trade marks; invalidation proceedings; … Trade mark Litigation in Brazil: Overview

Our partner Gabriel Leonardos and our lawyer Paulo Bianco published an article “When art is usable or wearable: works of applied art … When art is usable or wearable: works of applied art in the light of the Brazilian framework

The Q&A gives a high level overview of key issues including patents, trade marks, competition law, patent licensing, generic entry, abuse of dominance and parallel imports.

A Q&A guide to medicinal product regulation and product liability law in Brazil.

The article gives a high-level overview of data protection rules and principles, including obligations on the data controller and the consent of data subjects, rights to access personal data or object to its collection, security requirements, among other data issues.  

Advertising and Marketing seeks to provide local answers to international questions concerning advertising and marketing law. Chapters provide expert advice on the legislation and regulation of advertising and marketing, including the legislative processes arising from advertising disputes and challenges, the regulation of misleading advertising and the control, prohibition and restrictions in place on certain type of goods and services and to certain audiences, regulations affecting direct and indirect marketing and promotion, and up-to-date analysis of social media and the latest advertising trends.

Three major developments in Brazil suggest the country is entering an exciting era for IP owners. Gabriel Francisco Leonardos and Pedro Vilhena of Kasznar Leonardos report.

In a decision published on March 3, 2017, the 4th Chamber of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice provided the criteria to decide cases in which identical marks are registered by different owners as domain names and trademarks (Recurso Especial nº. 1466212).