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26/06/2024
Africa Energy Forum 2024
Meet CMS Energy & Climate Change experts
09/05/2024
Angola Law on the prohibition of mining of cryptocurrencies and other virtual...
The Legal Framework for the Prohibition of Crypto­cur­rency1 Min­ing and Other Virtual Assets was recently published by Law No. 3/24 of 10 April 2024. Below we highlight the main aspects of this new legal...
08/05/2024
Pharmaceutical advertising regulation and medical device advertising in...
1. Which laws are applicable regarding advertising of medicines and medical devices? For all matters not foreseen in the Legal Regime of Human Medicinal Products or the Regulation on Medical Devices...
07/05/2024
Energy and climate change: The most significant climate change litigation...
In Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland (application no. 53600/20), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued arguably the most impactful and far-reaching ruling on climate...
07/05/2024
Remote Working Legislation, Laws & Regulations in Portugal
1. Is there any legislation relating to working from home in your country? The regime of teleworking is addressed in the Portuguese labour code. 2. How can working from home be implemented in a company...
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06/05/2024
Transfer of IP rights in Portugal
Pat­ents: As­sign­ment 1. How may a patent be assigned (by law and/or transaction) and is it required to record the assignment in the national patent register to become effective?  A patent may be assigned...
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01/05/2024
Flushed and failed: General Court shuts the lid on invalidity attack against...
In­tro­duc­tion­Earli­er this year, we reported on a Belgian court ruling relating to the validity and infringement of designs for cat litter trays (read about it here). This time, in a decision which will...
29/04/2024
CMS TMC/IP Insight
The third edition of the CMS TMC/IP Insight Newsletter, from CMS Portugal's Technology, Media & Communications and Intellectual Property teams, is now available, with a feature article not to be missed...
29/04/2024
Design decision on ‘Sole technical function’ packs a punch – The CJEU breaks...
SummaryIn a case which has been recognised as among the most impactful European design cases of the past year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has clarified the principles of ‘sole...
26/04/2024
Update on the AML-CTF Package: Formal Adoption by the European Parliament...
Following the political agreements which have been reached earlier this year, the European Parliament has now adopted the last remaining texts of the AML-CTF Package on 24 April 2024.By way of reminder...
26/04/2024
Lusophone Africa Snapshot
The April edition of Snapshot, produced by CMS Portugal's Lusophone Africa team, is now available with the business news and legal news with the greatest impact in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique...
25/04/2024
Cheers! New EU rules to strengthen GI protection for wine, spirit drinks...
On 23 April 2024, a new EU regulation aimed at enhancing the protection of geographical indications (GIs) for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and other quality schemes for agricultural...