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Liability of Online Marketplace Platforms in Brazil

The business model of using an online marketplace has increased in Brazil, becoming the main sales channel for Brazilian e-commerce in recent years.

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Domain name dispute: who gets to keep Amazon?

It is unquestionable that Amazon has always been subject of disputes. Whereas it has been subject of territorial dispute or regarding the management of its resources, it seems that Amazon has become the subject of yet another dispute. This one regarding the extension of the domain name (gTLD) .AMAZON.

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Brazilian football team Flamengo recognized as a highly reputed mark in Brazil

On January 2, 2019, the Brazilian Trademark Office (BPTO) granted the status of highly reputed to the FLAMENGO mark on behalf of the CLUBE DE REGATAS DO FLAMENGO, one of the major Brazilian Football Team.

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Desarrollo en materia de protección de datos en Brasil

El 29 de mayo de 2018, el Proyecto de Ley Nº 4.060/2012 (PL), que establece una ley general sobre protección de datos personales en Brasil, fue aprobado por la Cámara de Deputados Brasileña. La rápida adopción de este PL representa un paso importante para que Brasil reglamente la protección de la privacidad y datos personales de nuestros ciudadanos. La importancia y urgencia de la cuestión en el Congreso fueron alentadas por la entrada en vigor del Reglamento General de Protección de Datos (RGPD) este pasado 25 de mayo de 2018 en la Unión Europea.

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Medical use of cannabinoids analysis of Brazilian authorities’ position

Artigo publicado na renomada revista IAM Life Science em Junho de 2018. (Artigo disponível apenas em inglês)

The rules on recovering costs

The possibility to recover costs in IP cases can be an important consideration in your litigation strategy. Correspondents in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and United States answer six questions about their jurisdictions.

Trade Dress and the protection of websites

The layout of websites may receive protection form competition law provided their graphic projects are not functional and are distinctive enough or acquire secondary meaning.

The perils of trying to revive a band's brand

The reissue of music and even groups that were hits in the past is becoming more and more common. One practice is for an artist to build a new career leveraging the former group’s name but, as M arianna Furtado de M endonça discusses, this can raise problems.

Search Engines - sponsored links

Marianna Furtado de Mendonça of Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello investigates whether serach engines infringe trademarks in process of providing service sponsored links.

La memoria de la marca en el mundo del espectáculo

Últimamente se ha notado en el escenario musical la ocurrencia de forma cada vez más habitual de reediciones de bandas y músicas que tuvieron éxito en el pasado...

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