In a technical note published at the end of October, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) once again analyzed Bill 2338/2023, which is currently before the Federal Senate and deals with the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Brazil. The authority's objectives on the subject mainly include bringing the bill into line with the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD).
read +Last week (30), the President of the United States (US), Joe Biden, issued an Executive Order establishing some guidelines for managing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in his country.
read +The Amigos Direito UERJ charity dinner took place on November 27th. The academic coordinator of the Dannemann Siemsen Institute, Patricia Porto, attended the event, representing the institute and its executive director, Filipe Fonteles Cabral, who is also part of the current management body of Amigos Direito UERJ.
read +Here you will find selected news about Intellectual Property and related subjects.
read +The 2023-2025 Action Plan of the National Intellectual Property Strategy (ENPI) was released last Tuesday. The document aims to ensure progress towards an intellectual property (IP) system capable of leveraging Brazil's competitiveness and economic and social development.
read +This month, the Thomson Reuters - Revista dos Tribunais publishing house is launching the book "Comentários à Lei de Propriedade Industrial", organized by Kone Pietro Fortunato Cesário, Neide Bueno, Tayná Carneiro and Verônica Lagassi. The work presents comments on the provisions of Law No. 9.279/96, the Industrial Property Law (LPI), and is distinguished by the fact that it was written only by women experts in industrial property (IP) - doctors, masters, specialists.
read +Last Thursday, the Dannemann Siemsen Institute (IDS) held another IDS Agenda event, this time welcoming guest Sarah Dorner, Director of International Admissions and Graduate Studies at the Franklin Pierce Law School of the prestigious University of New Hampshire (UNH Franklin Pierce), who spoke about the institution's short and long-term Intellectual Property (PI) Law courses.
read +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.
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