News | INPI’s Normative Instruction No. 49 / Registration Certificates of Computer Programs

03/11/2016

Normative Instruction No. 49 came into force on March 1, 2016 regarding Registration Certificates of Computer Programs. Like... Weiterlesen...

News | INPI – Suspension of Resolution No. 161/2016 about Trademark Registration Disclaimers

03/11/2016

The President of the Brazilian INPI, Luis Otávio Pimentel, temporarily suspended the application of Resolution No. 161/2016, which had... Weiterlesen...

News | Brazilian INPI joins TMclass

02/29/2016

On January 19, 2016 the Brazilian Trademark Office joined TMclass, the trademark search tool of the Office for Harmonization in the... Weiterlesen...

News | Resolution INPI PR Nº 160/2016 – Brazilian patent office publishes regulation and announces beginninf of pilot program for priorization of patent examination when application is filed by a microenterprise or a small business

02/25/2016

On February 23, 2016, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the rules of the Pilot Program for prioritization of... Weiterlesen...

News | Resolution INPI Nº 154/2015 – Brazilian patent office publishes regulation and announces beginning of cooperation between Brazil and the U.S.A. in the examination of patent applications

01/15/2016

On January 5, 2016, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the rules of the cooperation between Brazil and the U.S.A.... Weiterlesen...

News | Product reclassification as a Traditional Herbal Product (PTF) should be effected only upon the product’s first registration renewal

01/05/2016

Through its Coordination of Herbal Products (COFID), the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has reiterated that the product... Weiterlesen...

News | Resolution No. 156/2015 of the Brazilian Industrial Property Office – INPI – New technical assistance services exempted from registration

12/02/2015

On December 01, 2015, the Brazilian Industrial Property Office ("INPI") published Resolution No. 156/2015 (the "Resolution") in Industrial... Weiterlesen...

News | U.S., Brazil Agree Upon Path Toward Negotiated Solution of Cotton Dispute

04/07/2010

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the United States and Brazil have... Weiterlesen...

News | U.S. appeals court rules for eBay in Tiffany spat

04/02/2010

EBay Inc did not engage in trademark infringement and dilution by selling counterfeit Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) goods on its website, a U.S.... Weiterlesen...

News | Superior Court of Justice ends dispute over mark of Russian vodka in Brazil

03/27/2010

The Special Court of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) analyzed the appeal over the ownership and use of the mark Stolichnaya... Weiterlesen...