IP and sports: a winning formula
Sports events are no longer simply a means of entertainment, they are also big business. Top tier events attract significant investment, involve large numbers of stakeholders and generate a great deal of employment. They are, however, high-value business ventures only when supported by a strong intellectual property (IP) legal framework. Unique commercial opportunities Sports events […]
The “Marco Civil Da Internet” and Copyright Protection
The recently enacted Law No. 12.965 of April 23, 2014 – commonly referred to as the “Marco Civil da Internet” – has received significant publicity for both its vanguard content and the concerns it raises to certain Internet market players. The Marco Civil da Internet is not the “Internet Constitution” as it has been coined […]
U.S. Farm Bill May Result in Brazil’s Imposition of IP Retaliatory Countermeasures Against the United States
In 2009, the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized Brazil’s adoption of “cross-retaliation” countermeasures against the United States for the illegal subsidy of U.S. cotton farmers by the U.S. Government. It was the third time in its history that it allowed an offended country to apply countermeasures unrelated to the subject matter of the WTO treaty […]