After several postponements, Brazil’s Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) concluded the 5G bid, on November 5, 2021. It was the largest spectrum offer in the history of the Agency – 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz, and 26 GHz bands had national and regional slots disputed between bidders.
On October 29, 2021, the National Data Protection Authority (“ANPD”) approved its Regulation on the Inspection Process and the Administrative Procedure. The regulation establishes the procedures applicable to the inspection process and the guidelines to be observed in the administrative procedure to be conducted by the sanctioning Authority.
Last Friday, October 1st, Statute #14210/2021 was published in the Federal Official Gazette, adding a chapter to the Federal Administrative Proceedings Statute (Statute #9,784/1999) aimed at instituting the so-called “coordinated decision” within the scope of the Federal Government.
The BRPTO has published, in the Official Gazette #2646 of September 21, 2021, Ordinance #37, which introduces the registrability of position trademarks according to article 122 of the Brazilian Patent Statute (#9.279 of May 14, 1996).
Signed by President Jair Bolsonaro last week, the Provisional Measure #1,068/2021 – which changed the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights to establish new rules for accounts and content moderation on social media platforms – was suspended on Tuesday (14) by Justice Rosa Weber, of the Brazilian Supreme Court (“STF”). On the same day, Senator Rodrigo Pacheco, President of the Senate, decided to dismiss the Provisional Measure as he considered it unconstitutional.
