Damages compensation in labor claims new guideline of the STF
Damages for pain and suffering in the Labor Court have always been the subject of great discussions; employees being discontent with the values awarded by the judges, and companies fearing the industry of damages for pain and suffering, since requests of this nature have always been made in the majority of claims. Before the enactment […]
INPI publishes new rules for the registration of Technology Transfer Agreements
On July 11, 2023, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published the Ordinances/INPI/PR No. 26 and 27/2023, both dated July 7, 2023 (“Ordinances”), which amend certain formal and technical rules regarding the registration of technology agreements. These Ordinances formalize the amendments approved at INPI’s Board Meeting dated 28 December 2022. From a formal perspective, […]
Entenda a regularização de softwares como dispositivos médicos
A Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (“Anvisa”), em complemento aos esforços para formar uma legislação robusta sobre dispositivos médicos, bem como com vistas aos frequentes avanços científicos e tecnológicos, publicou no Diário Oficial da União, em 30.03.2022, a Resolução de Diretoria Colegiada – RDC nº 657, de 24 de março de 2022, (“regramento específico” ou […]
Application of the first fine by the ANPD and international approaches to ‘web scraping’
Recently, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) applied its first sanction targeting a Brazilian telemarketing services company for violation of the General Data Protection Law (LGPD). The case involved the use of data scraping techniques to collect publicly available information on the internet, without the proper consent of the data subjects. The ANPD’s decision warns […]
Gender equality in arbitration
Research published by the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (“CBAr”) has found that, between 2016 and 2020, only 2% (two percent) of arbitral tribunals were formed exclusively by women and 48% (forty-eight percent) solely by men. Of the remaining 50% (fifty percent), 40% (forty percent) of the panels were formed by two men and one woman, and […]
Brazilian INPI publishes regulations to simplify the registration of licensing agreements
On December 30, 2022, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) took a significant step towards modernizing the procedures for registering licensing contracts in Brazil. The Board meeting minutes from December 28, 2022, brought about significant changes to the Brazilian practice of intellectual property, with the primary aim of streamlining formalities and expediting contract registration. […]
