Organisation: Patent and Trademark Office (Brazil)

Breaking the bottleneck: Brazil launches new functionality to combat counterfeiting

In an exclusive interview with WTR, the manager of Brazil's anti-counterfeiting directory, Elton Ferreira Barbosa, reveals what foreign brand owners need to know about the latest improvements to the directory.

24 June 2024

Brazil: Market growth pushes anti-counterfeiting efforts up the agenda

Featured in Anti-counterfeiting and Online Brand Enforcement: Global Guide 2024

Brazil’s economic success is being overshadowed by a boom in the number of infringing goods. Despite the sale of counterfeit products presenting sizeable challenges – particularly online – Brazil has demonstrated remarkable advancements in targeting product piracy.

24 June 2024

Brazil grants Scotch whisky GI; Ukraine pledges development of IP mediation – IP office updates

In this latest update, the WIPO Design Law Treaty comments deadline looms, Chile expands its deadlines for Biobío applicants, and much more.

19 June 2024

Coming soon: new IP registration for electronic games in Brazil

Brand owners await further clarification on a new form of IP protection encompassing both games programming and hardware.

10 June 2024

The META dispute: what you need to know

This update sheds some light on the latest developments in the dispute between Brazilian company Meta Serviços em Informática S/A and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc.

30 April 2024

Enforceable content of design registrations following new PTO guidelines: what you need to know

While there is still debate as to the scope of appeals to the PTO’s Appeal Board, the new directives shed some light on the examination and effect of designs granted by the PTO.

25 March 2024

Office actions relating to International Registrations designating Brazil: what you need to know

While the number of office actions issued by INPI is low compared to the total amount of International Registrations prosecuted in Brazil at the start of 2024, such office actions could arguably have been avoided.

16 February 2024

Fake BPTO website; Norway’s first multimedia mark; Germany IP office earthquake response – IP office updates

In this latest update, we look at delays to the UKIPO transformation project, and much more.

31 January 2024

Brazilian trademark filings rise; Taiwan fraud warning; Spanish IP Office ditches fax – IP office updates

In this latest update, we look at TikTok and pharma companies joining an IPOPHL MoU, Brazil joining the Global Brand Database, and much more.

17 January 2024

A new chapter in Brazil as INPI appoints senior leadership and looks to the future

Following months of uncertainty, the Brazilian INPI is implementing significant changes, with a new pledge to hire more examiners in an attempt to tackle the trademark backlog.

12 October 2023