Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsBrazil pharma flags retaliation risk over bill to drop vaccine patents
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A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine sticker in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
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Brazilian pharmaceutical associations on Friday called for lawmakers to reject a bill that seeks to suspend COVID-19 vaccine patents, saying it could spark international retaliation and reduce medical supplies in Latin America s biggest country.
Brazil s Senate passed the proposal on Thursday night, sending it to the lower house for consideration. read more
The bill s backers say the emergency measure is needed due to a shortage of shots and a grave outbreak in Brazil, where over 400,000 people have died from the virus.
Online sales of luxury handbags, shoes and garments have boomed over the past year as the coronavirus pandemic forced retailers to temporarily close their stores.
Groups such as Facebook are keen to make a bigger push into the luxury market and social commerce , but to do so they need to show that their platforms are not a conduit for counterfeiting and are safe for brands, some of which are reluctant to sell their products through third-party players. More than one million pieces of content were removed from Facebook and Instagram in the first half of 2020, based on thousands of reports of counterfeit content from brand owners, including Gucci, the lawsuit statement said.
ChinaTesla, ex-engineer settle lawsuit over Autopilot source code
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The logo of car manufacturer Tesla is seen at a branch office in Bern, Switzerland October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has settled a lawsuit against a former employee who copied the source code of the electric vehicle (EV) maker s Autopilot technology, according to a U.S. district court filing dated April 15.
Tesla filed the lawsuit in 2019, saying its employee Cao Guangzhi, who worked at Tesla for two years, copied the source code before in January 2019 joining XMotors, the U.S. unit of Chinese self-driving car startup Xpeng Inc (XPEV.N).