The Fashion Law Phenomenon

Most people have already heard of the prestigious French shoemaker who sought to have exclusive rights in using red soles, or of the corporate dispute involving the heirs to the creator of shirts branded after the name of the sport which consecrated them, or of the legal dispute between Brazilian and French brands due to […]

Distribution of Foreign Audiovisual Works in Brazil

The Brazilian Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (“CARF”) – the appellate body within Brazil’s administrative tax system – decided recently that the Contribution for the Intervention in the Economic Domain (“CIDE”) would apply over payments or credits made to non-Brazilian residents related to the distribution of foreign audiovisual works in Brazil. Such precedent is unlawful […]