Recently, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) rejected an application to register a figurative trademark consisting of the image of the face of Dutch model Puck Schrover. The decision was based on the trademark's lack of distinctiveness.
read +At the beginning of the month (4/10), the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a draft legislative decree (PDL 165/22) ratifying the agreement signed in May 2019 between the Mercosur member states (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), aimed at protecting geographical indications (GIs) originating in the member countries.
read +A decision that concluded the administrative sanctioning process of the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) against the public body Instituto de Assistência ao Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo (IAMSPE) was published in the Federal Official Gazette on October 6. The authority applied two warning sanctions to the Institute for non-compliance with the provisions of the General Law on the Protection of Personal Data (LGPD).
read +Ordinance 1,100/2023, which establishes the Innovation Policy of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), was published last Monday in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU). Among the document's objectives are: the promotion of efficient institutional results; the development of products and services subject to health surveillance that are based on new technologies; and the improvement of Anvisa's capacity to deal with complex issues.
read +Last Tuesday, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) launched a new consultation with society, this time on its pilot program for a regulatory sandbox for artificial intelligence (AI) and personal data protection in Brazil.
read +The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) has published a study on the mapping of patent filings in Brazil involving nanotechnology. The study analyzes the technological information contained in patent documents from the last 20 years, with the aim of building a panorama of the patenting of inventions related to nanotechnology in the country, as well as stimulating business, partnerships and the formulation of public policies in the area.
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read +A report by Hadi Houalla, recently published by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a non-profit public policy think tank in the USA, has shed important light on the exchange of data for services practiced by large technology platforms. The study was aimed at the US market, but its relevance extends to other countries and markets.
read +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.
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