A section on Brazil has been added to the chart on self-regulatory organisations (SROs) for advertising and unfair competition matters.

The chart is compiled by the MARQUES Unfair Competition Team and can be downloaded on the Team’s page on the MARQUES website (MARQUES log-in required).

Team Co-Vice-Chair Felipe Dannemann Lundgren of Dannemann Siemsen in Rio de Janeiro has completed the questionnaire for Brazil. The project is led by Philippe Probst of Fuhrer Marbach & Partners in Switzerland.

The chart now covers Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.

The purpose of the questionnaire is to provide corporate lawyers, attorneys and others with a practical and user-friendly overview of SROs for advertising and unfair competition matters operating in various jurisdictions with general powers over the full spectrum (or a broad range) of industries.

Some jurisdictions may have separate SROs and/or separate rules and procedures with respect to different types of matters.

The questionnaire is intended to cover advertising and unfair competition matters, not consumer protection matters (redress for defective products and services, price regulations, consumer credit law, etc).

Industry-specific SROs are also not covered by the questionnaire (e.g. tobacco, alcohol, medical and health, or food industry SROs) except to the extent that these are of significant importance and handle advertising and/or unfair competition matters.

The five questions for each jurisdiction encompass: existence and identity of self-regulatory organisations; matters handled; rules, eligible parties and fees; procedure; and penalties and enforceability.

Further jurisdictions will be added soon. If you have any questions, please contact a member of the Unfair Competition Team.