Approved by amendment on September 1, 2023, the changes to the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China represent a significant milestone for civil litigation involving foreign parties in the country.
read +The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) has released the 2nd edition of its Industrial Designs Manual, which will come into force on October 2, 2023.
read +In a recent decision, the 3rd Panel of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) held, by a majority, that the reproduction for commercial purposes of columns and news stories, when unauthorized, can...
read +Last Wednesday, the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS) welcomed Professors Kone Cesário and Cesário to give a lecture on "Market research methodologies applied to IP lawsuits". The debate was mediated by Dannemann Siemsen lawyer Caio Richa de Ribeiro.
read +On August 16, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) released a new open consultation to society, this time on its "Preliminary Study on Legitimate Interest".
read +On August 18, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) released the first edition of its Social Communication Policy. The document formalizes the...
read +A recent court ruling in the United States (US) has raised questions about copyright protection for works generated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The ruling, handed down in the federal court for...
read +The 3rd panel of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) recently ruled that the practice of buying and using keywords referring to a competitor's brand in order to appear prominently in internet search results constitutes unfair competition.
read +On August 21, Marcelo Mazzola, a board member of the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS), launched the book "Silence of the Judge in Civil Procedure (Inertia, omission stricto sensu and non-observance) and its mechanisms of challenge". The launch took place at the IDS stand during ABPI's 43rd International Intellectual Property Congress.
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