Bilateral, Regional, and Multilateral Activities

Published in May 14, 2020 12:20 AM Updated in Nov 25, 2020 02:27 PM

The world’s industrial property institutes are cooperating more and more to fight the challenges that arise on the international scenario. For this reason, formal instruments between these entities are created to seal common commitments.

In Brazil, there are cases in which the Federal Government itself can undertake commitments in the field of intellectual property, with the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property - INPI having the executing role. There are other cases in which INPI directly outlines its general lines of action towards institutions that are similar or correlated with respect to their purposes.

The inter-institutional instruments of understanding signed by INPI can be of two types: Memoranda of Understanding or Cooperation Agreements, which unfold in work plans or technical guidelines in order to offer activities such as seminars, courses, exchange of information, or even special pilot projects, such as the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPHs).

Below there is a list containing the international inter-institutional instruments of understanding for purposes of training, exchange of information, among other actions aimed at a more active role of INPI in favor of generating business among users of the system.

Inter-institutional Instruments of Understanding – Miscellaneous

COUNTRY	INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS	EXECUTION DATE	EFFECTIVENESS/RENEWAL
PARAGUAY	Industrial Property Board	02/07/1982	Signed by the Brazilian Government, with automatic renewal clause
URUGUAY	National Board of Industrial Property – DNPI	29/07/1987	Signed by the Brazilian Government, with automatic renewal clause
ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY & URUGUAY	National Patent and Trademark Office – INPI-AR Industrial Property Board – DPI National Board of Industrial Property – DNPI	09/04/1996	Instrument with automatic renewal clause, if the Parties do not manifest themselves to the contrary.
BOLIVIA	National Intellectual Property Service – SENAPI	30/11/2000	Automatic renewal, if the Parties do not manifest themselves to the contrary.
-	African Regional Intellectual Property Organization– ARIPO	09/10/2015	Duration of 5 years
CHILE	Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property –INAPI	06/05/2016	Duration of 5 years
FRANCE	French Patent and Trademark Office – INPI-FR	22/11/2016	Duration of 5 years
UNITED KINGDOM	Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom – IPO-UK	07/12/2016	Duration of 5 years
JAPAN	Japanese Patent Office – JPO	01/08/2017	Duration of 5 years
ARGENTINA	Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office – INPI-AR	14/09/2017	Duration of 5 years
CHINA	State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China – SIPO	13/11/2017	Duration of 5 years
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property – ROSPATENT	22/11/2017	Duration of 5 years
-	World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO	22/11/2017	Duration of 5 years
DENMARK	Danish Patent and Trademark Office – DKPTO	04/12/2017	Duration of 5 years
URUGUAY	National Board of Industrial Property (DNPI)	14/12/2017	Duration of 2 years
-	European Union Intellectual Property Office – EUIPO	31/01/2018	Duration of 4 years
PERU	National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property – INDECOPI	09/04/2018	Duration of 5 years
	Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)	24/10/2018	Duration of 5 years
ECUADOR	National Service of Intellectual Rights – SENADI	25/07/2019	Duration of 5 years
SINGAPORE	Intellectual Property Office of Singapore – IPOS	27/08/2019	Duration of 5 years
-	International Trademark Association – INTA	28/08/2019	Duration of 5 years
SOUTH KOREA	Korean Intellectual Property Office	01/10/2019	Duration of 5 years
DENMARK	Danish Patent and Trademark Office – DKPTO related to IP Market Place	07/10/2019	Duration of 5 years
DENMARK	Royal Danish Embassy in Brazil – in the field of innovation	07/10/2019	Duration of 5 years
-	European Patent Office – EPO - reinforced technical and strategic partnership	26/11/2019	Duration of 5 years
-	American Chemical Society (CAS)	10/06/2020	December 31, 2021
USA	United States Patent and Trademark Office	15/09/2020	Duration of 5 years

For more information on Memoranda of Understanding for implementation of PPH pilot projects, click here.

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