GENERAL NEWS
News | Software licenses can be proved by various appropriate means
09/01/2009The Fourth Panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice has expanded the scope of Article 9 of Law 9.609, 1998 (Software Law), helding... Read More...
News | Superior Court of Justice maintains indemnification from pirated software
09/01/2009The end user of a computer program illegally copied or acquired is subject to the penalties provided for in Article 103 of Law 9,610, of... Read More...
News | Producer held as legitimate owner over collective works
07/02/2009In collective works of artistic character, copyright ownership must be afforded to the producer of the event, as prescribed in article 15,... Read More...
News | State Court of Appeals confirms judgment on piracy case
06/26/2009The Fourth Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the State of Minas Gerais (TJ-MG) held, on a majority decision, that a resident from... Read More...
News | Trademark infringement violates holder’s identity and justifies moral damages
06/20/2009The Third Panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) held applicable indemnity for moral damages to the company that had its... Read More...
News | Extension based on TRIPs refused by the Superior Court of Justice
03/28/2009EI Du Pont De Nemour and Company was not able to extend for another five years its privileges under the patent for herbicide Clorimuron,... Read More...
News | Brazil to launch arbitration in domain name disputes
03/28/2009The use of arbitration in disputes involving domain names in Brazil is expected to begin this year. TheBrazilian Internet Steering... Read More...
News | Peru Accedes to WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
03/13/2009Peru became the 141st contracting state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) when it deposited its instrument of accession at WIPO on... Read More...
News | U.S. Supreme Court to revisit freelance writers case
03/09/2009The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to revisit a case it decided eight years ago in favor of freelance writers who said that newspapers... Read More...
News | EBay Is Ordered to Pay EU40 Million in LVMH Lawsuit
06/30/2008EBay Inc. was ordered by a French court to pay LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA 40 million euros ($63 million) in a lawsuit over claims... Read More...