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Rio de Janeiro State Court rules on dispute between jewelers over the use of Victorian star in jewelry collection

Last month, the 6th Chamber of Public Law of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice handed down a ruling in a legal dispute between two famous jewelry stores involving Victorian star-shaped jewelry. Unanimously, the court held that...

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ANPD approves its Security Incident Reporting Regulation

At the end of April (26), the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published its Resolution No. 15/2024, which approved the...

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IDS promotes class on IP, design and Artificial Intelligence for Federal University of Rio de Janeiro students

Last Thursday, May 9, the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS) welcomed a group of students from the Visual Communication and Design course at the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) for a lecture on...

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IDS discusses relevant issues regarding the proof of use of trademarks from the perspective of the European Union, China and Brazil’s regulations

Last Tuesday (7), the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS) held another IDS Agenda, this time discussing relevant issues on proving the use of trademarks. The event was presented in English and took AIPPI Resolution "Proving trademark use" as a starting point to...

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In the USA, the city of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against Oakland for renaming its airport to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport”

Recently, in the United States, the city of San Francisco sued its neighboring city, Oakland, in the District Court for the Northern District of California, arguing that the initiative to rename its airport to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” violates the...

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European courts find that reversing words in a trademark name does not lead to a likelihood of confusion if the words have a low degree of distinctiveness

In two recent decisions, both the Third Chamber of the General Court and the Second Board of Appeals of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have ruled that, in the field of trade marks, the inversion of words in the name, i.e. when...

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IDS discusses relevant issues on second medical use patents at event celebrating World Intellectual Property Day

Last Thursday (25), the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS) organized another IDS Agenda, this time in celebration of World Intellectual Property Day and with the theme ‘Second medical use patents: enforcement and skinny labelling’.

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According to the São Paulo Court of Appeals, test questions alone are not subject to copyright protection

In a recent ruling, the 3rd Chamber of Private Law of the São Paulo Court of Justice (TJSP) decided, by a majority, that test questions alone cannot be the object of copyright protection. The case involved...

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In Europe, publication of photos by Rihanna is used as an argument to invalidate the registration of a sneaker design

In a recent decision, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ruled that a sneaker model did not meet the novelty requirement, annulling its registration as an industrial design (ID). The court found that

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