Brazilian INPI approves changes to simplify the recording of Licensing Agreements
1/13/2023 On 30 December 2022, the National Industrial Property Institute – INPI published the Minutes of the Board Meeting of 28 December 2022 which discussed a set of proposed modifications to certain proceedings related to licensing agreements in Brazil. Although the final text provisions for the new guidance depends on a resolution to be enacted by the Institute, thus […]
Novo marco regulatório de rotulagem de medicamentos é aprovado pela ANVISA
22/12/2022 A Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (“Anvisa”), em reunião realizada em 07.12.2022, aprovou o novo marco regulatório de rotulagem de medicamentos, a fim de atender as diretrizes da Organização Mundial de Saúde (“OMS”) para que Agências Reguladoras possam atuar de forma mais eficaz na diminuição dos casos de erros de medicação relacionados ao design […]
How to fully enforce the effects of the separation of property regime in common law marriages?
12/22/2022 Article 1.725 of the Brazilian Civil Code (“CC”) establishes that, if the parties under a common law marriage do not expressly convene, in writing, the property regime to be adopted, the partial community property regime shall rule. Therefore, are those who want to adopt a marital regime other than the partial community property simply […]
Arbitration in retrospect: the institute’s surprising adaptability
12/22/2022 The advantages of arbitration as a means of conflict resolution for certain types of disputes are well known. For no other reason, its consolidation in the global scenario is unquestionable. The recent research conducted by Prof. Selma Ferreira Lemes[1] reported that in the last decade there has been a significant increase in the number […]
Ordinance RFB n. 247/2022 updates the rules for the transaction by Federal Revenue
The Tax Transaction legal institute is predicted in articles 156 and 171 of the Brazilian National Tax Code (CTN), which states that the taxpayer and the Federal Revenue could initiate a Tax Transaction proceeding that, through mutual concessions, will lead to the settlement of disputes and consequent extinguishment of the tax credit. However, until the […]
STJ decides that clause that prohibits succession of points accumulated in a mileage program is valid
12/22/2022 The Third Panel of the Superior Court of Justice decided, in a recent judgment, that a contractual clause prohibiting the transfer of bonus points upon the death of the holder of a mileage program would be valid. The case deals with the possibility of succession of accrued points in the Tam Fidelity Program (formerly […]
