On June 23rd, the Special Secretariat for Productivity, Employment and Competitiveness of the Ministry of Economy published Ordinance nº 4.426, which creates the Intellectual Property Intelligence Center.

The Center will be constituted by members of the Special Secretariat and of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO). Its main objectives are “to produce and disseminate studies and research to support policies for the development of competitiveness and productivity in the Brazilian productive sector based on data analysis related to industrial property”.

Find out more here (in Portuguese).

 

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