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Sponsored by Daniel LawAlthough the amount of patent litigation in Brazil is far from the level of litigation in the US, patent infringement actions are very common in the jurisdiction. Such actions are the most effective measure against infringers, since preliminary injunctions are widely available. This makes Brazil very attractive as an additional battlefield for worldwide patent disputes.
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Sponsored by OLIVARESIn Mexico, droit moral is attached to the author and is inalienable, does not expire, cannot be waived and cannot be encumbered. The author and his/her heirs can enforce this right. -
Sponsored by OLIVARESIt has become common practice for parties of any administrative proceeding to ask the Institute of Industrial Property to require a third party, not related to the proceeding, or even its counterpart, to respond to several questions raised by the offeror of the proof. Such evidence is based on Article 203 of the Industrial Property Law, which states the "requirement to provide information and data" so that the authority can conduct inspection.
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Sponsored by OLIVARESThe use of hyperlinks may be considered as a trade-related copyright infringement under certain circumstances.
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Sponsored by OLIVARESTo understand the application and scope in our legal system of the exhaustion of rights doctrine it is necessary to know what it means. So, we must understand that the exhaustion of rights is a limitation on IP rights, which results in the loss of these exclusive rights granted to the titleholder over some product covered by an IP right, when such product has been lawfully introduced to the market by him or with his consent.
