GENERAL NEWS
News | INPI’s Normative Instruction No. 49 / Registration Certificates of Computer Programs
03/11/2016Normative Instruction No. 49 came into force on March 1, 2016 regarding Registration Certificates of Computer Programs. Like... Read More...
News | INPI – Suspension of Resolution No. 161/2016 about Trademark Registration Disclaimers
03/11/2016The President of the Brazilian INPI, Luis Otávio Pimentel, temporarily suspended the application of Resolution No. 161/2016, which had... Read More...
News | Brazilian INPI joins TMclass
02/29/2016On January 19, 2016 the Brazilian Trademark Office joined TMclass, the trademark search tool of the Office for Harmonization in the... Read More...
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
02/25/2016On February 23, 2016, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the rules of the Pilot Program for prioritization of... Read More...
News | Resolutions 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
01/15/2016On January 5, 2016, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published the rules of the cooperation between Brazil and the U.S.A.... Read More...
News | Product reclassification as a Traditional Herbal Product (PTF) should be effected only upon the product’s first registration renewal
01/05/2016Through its Coordination of Herbal Products (COFID), the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has reiterated that the product... Read More...
News | Resolution No. 156/2015 of the Brazilian Industrial Property Office – INPI – New technical assistance services exempted from registration
12/02/2015On December 01, 2015, the Brazilian Industrial Property Office ("INPI") published Resolution No. 156/2015 (the "Resolution") in Industrial... Read More...
News | Superior Court of Justice ends dispute over mark of Russian vodka in Brazil
03/27/2010The Special Court of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) analyzed the appeal over the ownership and use of the mark Stolichnaya... Read More...
News | Superior Court of Justice recognizes limits for the operation of Ecad
10/21/2009The Superior Court of Justice of Brazil has rendered a decision which prevents the Central Officer for Collection and Distribution... Read More...
News | Superior Court of Justice recognizes Nestlé’s rights over Moça Fiesta
09/15/2009The mere similarity between the names of two products that are not related does not preclude the registration of a mark. This was the... Read More...