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Cristiane Manzueto is counsel in the Rio de Janeiro office of Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown, and is a member of the Intellectual Property practice. She has been engaged in the intellectual property field for 14 years.

Prior to joining Tauil & Chequer Advogados, Cristiane worked at top tier IP firms in Brazil (Daniel Advogados and Di Blasi, Parente & Associados). Her experience involves management of trademark portfolios, providing legal assistance and counseling on administrative and judicial cases with emphasis on trademarks, copyrights, trade dress, trade secrets, advertising and consumer rights, domain names disputes, Intellectual Property agreements, fashion Law and competition law.

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Since enacted in August 2018, the entry into force of the Brazilian Data Protection Law (No. 13,709 – “LGPD”) has been subject to several changes. First it was supposed to be effective as of February 2020; then August 2020; and more recently 3 May 2021 (Provisional Measure No. 959/2020 dated 29 April 2020). The future of the LGPD remains uncertain, since this Provisional Measure needs to be rejected, approved or changed by the National Congress, or else it will expire on 27 August 2020.
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