ABES and Think Tank articles

ABES participation in the ICANN business group

By Paulo Milliet Roque, Vice President of ABES Since the end of 2017, ABES has been approaching the business sector of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the institution responsible for coordinating ...

Compliance: the consequences of irregular software use

By Thomaz Côrte Real, lawyer specializing in Digital Law * According to data from the BSA Global Software Survey | The Software Alliance, 46% of software installed on Brazilian computers is not properly licensed, which ...

BNDES Card as an alternative to foster innovation

By Jamile Sabatini Marques, Director of Innovation and Promotion at ABES Fostering innovation is essential for a country's economic development. Developed nations have increasingly allocated ...

There was no change in the tax burden on SaaS

By Manoel Antonio dos Santos, legal director at ABES Regarding the article published on the IPNews Portal, on August 14, entitled "Taxes on cloud software increase by almost 40% in Brazil", ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies) clarifies ...

Promotion, innovation and competitiveness

* By Jamile Sabatini Marques That Brazilians are creative people, everyone knows. But taking advantage of this creativity to generate a more competitive country is what we need to improve. Companies that stood out for their creativity were ...

Fostering innovation - a vision of Brazil and Australia

* By Jamile Sabatini Marques, Director of Innovation at ABES The impact of innovation in a country can be demonstrated in several ways, from its ability to move the economy through the generation of new jobs ...

Problems do not belong to others

  By Manoel Antônio dos Santos, legal director at ABES It is nothing new that making use of pirated products, in addition to violating the copyrights of their owners, acts against the grain of economic growth and prosperity in the country. In Brazil, 50% of...

Movement towards a more legalized environment

By Manoel Antonio dos Santos, legal director at ABES It is clear that Brazilian society is structuring itself and, little by little, is creating mechanisms for an environment of greater obedience to legislation, similar to those experienced in more developed countries. Example...

Investment in innovation is vital for companies

By Jamile Sabatini Marques, director of innovation and development at ABES We are experiencing a social, economic, cultural and political revolution in this 21st century. The impact of the internet and communication technologies, the...

Legal risks of using pirated software in franchise networks

  By Dr. Manoel dos Santos, Legal Director at ABES In Brazil, in order to use software it is necessary to obtain a license and/or a tax document that proves the acquisition or licensing of a copy. Software piracy is not just configured as the...

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