Laws and Regulations

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1971 Paris Review).

List of Countries signatories to the Berne Convention. In these Countries, the Software Registration is also acknowledged.

Software Law No. 9,609/98 - Enacted on February 19, 1998, it replaces Law No. 7,646/87, and it became effective on the date of its enactment, providing for the protection of intellectual property of software and its marketing in Brazil. 

Copyright Law No. 9,610/98 - Enacted on February 19, 1998, it replaces Law No. 5,988/73; it became effective 120 days after its enactment on February 19, 1998.

Decree No. 2.556/98 - Enacted on April 20, 1998, it regulates the registration provided for in art. 3 of Law No. 9,609/98.

PR Resolution No. 61 of March 18, 2013 - Provides for the filing of applications for registration of software and the proceedings related to the numbering of these applications.

PR Resolution No. 251 of October 2, 2019 - Provides for the publication of the new Table of Remuneration for Services Provided by INPI and for the reduction of amounts, in the cases specified.

Normative Instruction No. 099 of February 8, 2019 - Provides for the proceedings related to Software Registration and the e-Software electronic form.

User Guide - Describes the proceedings established by Normative instruction No. 99/2019.
 

Normative Instruction No. 071 of April 28, 2017  - Provides for rules and procedures related to Software Registration (RPC) physically.

Normative Instruction No. 074 of September 1, 2017  - Provides for the proceedings related to Software Registration and the e-RPC electronic form.

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