Laws and Regulations
International treaties
Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property - Enacted by Decree Law nº 75,572 of April 8, 1975.
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) - Pursuant to publication in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU) of December 31, 1994, Section I, Supplement to N.248-A.
Laws
Law nº 9,279 of May 14, 1996 – Industrial Property Law - Regulates rights and obligations related to industrial property.
Other laws and regulations
2018
Normative Instruction no. 095 of December 28, 2018 - Provides for transitional rules for the processing of the technical instructions of the appeals filed against rejections of applications for industrial design marks
Attention!
The applications for geographical indications and for changes in the registration of geographical indications started to be exclusively received through the e-GI electronic module in February 2019, according to INPI/PR Resolution No. 233 of 2019.