{"id":110,"count":24,"description":"Brazil, in addition to having one of the largest consumer markets in the world, with a population of over 190 million inhabitants, stand outs for its geography. The country occupies 47.7% of the land in South America, being the fifth largest in the world in terms of area. It is worth pointing out also the enormous length of the Brazilian shore, which is approximately 10,000 km long, and the fact that Brazil has borders with all South American countries, with the exception of Ecuador and Chile.\r\nIf, from the perspective of Brazilian commercial relations, the above attributes are a true privilege, on the other hand they constitute a living nightmare in the field of intellectual property protection, especially with respect to counterfeiting.\r\nIn fact, it is well known that most fake products consumed in Brazil are of foreign origin.\u00a0 A quick trip to the commercial centres in the major cities here will confirm this statement. The diversity of entry points and a very attractive consumer public are an invitation to invasion by pirate products.\r\nThe enormous contribution resulting from the Industrial Property Law - IPL becomes evident (Lei n.\u00b0 9.279\/96), whose provisions related to the border measures have been contributing to a reduction in the incidence of counterfeit products on national soil originating from fraudulent imports.\r\nBased on article 198 of the IPL, the text of which serves as a basis for the actual text of the Customs Regulations (article 544 of Decree n\u00ba 4,765, of June 24th, 2003), numerous retentions have been carried out by customs authorities, enabling the adoption of appropriate legal measures by the holders of violated rights. <strong>The criminal suppression of the import of fake products has proved to be very efficient.<\/strong>\r\n<em>It is true that the control of merchandise that enters Brazil is still not ideal, since, although the efforts of customs authorities in the inspection of counterfeit products is recognized, there is still a lack of civil servants at the Internal\/Inland Revenue.<\/em>\r\n<em>However, it is equally true that for the effective suppression of counterfeiting and piracy in Brazil, the holder of intellectual property rights must rely on the intelligence of article 198 of the IPL, which will allow him or her to avoid customs clearance and the consequent invasion of illegal products on the Brazilian consumer market.<\/em>\r\nAttilio Gorini\r\nJos\u00e9 Henrique Vasi Werner\r\nThiago Andrade Silva\r\nLawyers\r\n<strong>Dannemann Siemsen Advogados develops programs for the suppression of counterfeiting and infringements of the rights to industrial property in the Civil and Criminal spheres, acting in the analysis, organization and execution of legal strategies for the suppression of infringement. <\/strong>The execution of preventive actions with bodies that regulate the entry of merchandise, with training for customs officials and police to identify the pirated products of our clients, stands out.","link":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/library\/category\/anti-counterfeiting-programs\/","name":"Anti-counterfeiting Programs","slug":"anti-counterfeiting-programs","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}