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October 16 2001 - Brazil Aoki Advogados Associados
New transfer pricing rules would include IP rights
Brazil is eonsidering ehanges to its transfer pricing legislation and a bill to this effect has been sem to
the Foreign Relations and National Defence Commission for consideration.
Transfer pricing is currently regulated by a 19961aw, under which intellectual property rights are
expressly excluded from the applicability of transfer pricing rules. The proposed bill would inelude
intellectual property rights.
If the bill is enacted, ali companies that have trademark, patent or copyright licenees, or technology
transfer and technical assistanee agreements, would have to review their agreements to ensure they
are in eomplianee with the new rules. Companies that receive incentives under the Technology
Development Programme of 1993 would continue to be exeluded from the new transfer prieing rules.
The bill does not revoke any previous laws that regulate the payment of royalties for using
intelleetual property rights, an issue that Congress will have to address.
Erica Aoki, Moreira Lima & Royster Advogados with Steel, Hector & Davis LLP, Sao Paulo
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August 28 2001 - Brazil
AOL recovers domain name in Brazil
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America Online Inc, the US-based internet service provider (ISP), brought a c1aim against America
On Une Telecomunicações Ltda., a local provider, that had registered the doma;n na me 'aol.com.br'
in 1997. The court hearing the case granted an anticipatory judgment to AOL, freezing use of the
domain name. The Brazilian ISP then obtained an injunction to suspend the effed of the anticipatory
judgment. The parties recently settled their dispute and the domain name 'aol.com.br' was handed
over to the US ISP in June.
Registration
In Brazil, top-Ievel domains (TLDs) are registered with the non-profit organization FAPESP (São
Paulo State Foundation for Academic Research). The country code TLDs '.br' 'com.br', 'org.br',
'g12.br', 'net.br', 'mil.br', 'gov.br' and 'ind.br' are granted only to corporate entities registered with the
Brazilian Ministry of Finance's Corporate Taxpayer Registry. Foreign entities are allowed to register
country code TLDs, provided a local representative is appointed within one year of the domain
name's registration.
Domain names are granted on a first come, first served basis. The FAPESP normally refuses
applications for domain names that are already registered, or that contain certain reserved
expressions or well-known trademarks.
Dispute resolution
There is no specific legislation on resolving domain name disputes in Brazil. Thus, the policies and
procedures to be applied in cyberquatting cases remains unclear. One thing is certain, however,
trademark awners may succeed in obtaining a preliminary injunction by arguing bad faith and unfair
campetition. If the infringed trademark is registered with the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office,
the trademark owners chance af success is very gaod.
Erica Aoki, Moreira Uma Royster & Ohno, São Paulo
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