ANPD publishes revision of its Regulatory Agenda for 2023-2024

At the end of 2023, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published its first revision of the Regulatory Agenda for the 2023-2024 biennium, changing the priority of two actions. The document, published in November 2022, brought with it the 20 regulatory actions considered to...

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INPI releases IP Bulletin with overview of 2023, and results show that patent and trademark filings grew in Brazil

Last Tuesday (8), the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published its Monthly Industrial Property Bulletin, a statistical document that evaluates industrial property (IP) applications and grants. This edition covers both the month of December and...

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The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office publishes its 2024 Action Plan

On December 29th, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) released its 2024 Action Plan, made up of 34 goals and 48 strategic initiatives that should guide the BPTO's activities throughout the new year. The Plan defines...

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The New York Times sues OpenAI for copyright infringement

In the last week of December (27), the US newspaper The New York Times sued OpenAI and other technology companies involved in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems for...

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UK High Court rules on patenting inventions involving artificial neural networks and AI

Recently, the UK High Court of Justice handed down a significant decision in the case of Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. The ruling establishes that an...

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New UK Supreme Court ruling discusses patentability of AI inventions

In a decision handed down in December (20), the UK Supreme Court ruled that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot legally be named as an inventor in order to secure patent rights. In the ruling, the UK's highest court concluded, based on the 1977 Patents Act, that...

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Retrospective of IDS events in 2023

In 2023, the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS) stepped up its efforts to disseminate the Intellectual Property culture.

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Brazil’s Supreme Court rules that the Federal Court has jurisdiction to judge the crime of transnational copyright infringement

In a decision handed down last week (18), the Federal Supreme Court (STF) upheld, by a majority, Extraordinary Appeal No. 702362, which involved transnational copyright infringement.

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ANPD releases its second Monitoring Cycle Report

On December 8, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published its second Monitoring Cycle Report (RCM) of the General Supervision Coordination (CGF), referring to...

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