In a dispute between Red Bull GmbH and the applicant of the Portuguese mark BULLS, the Portuguese Intellectual Property Court revoked the Trademark Office granting decision considering that the mark is confusingly similar...
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According to the Decision No. 680/2022 of the Management Board of the Portuguese IP Office and the Government Regulation No. 201-A/2019, new official fees are applicable in the Industrial Property...
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In April 2022 the Industrial Property Office of Portugal has published the first notifications under the Regulation (EU) 2019/933 that introduced the “manufacturing and export waiver” concerning supplementary protection certificates (SPC). The...
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In a dispute between BEIERSDORF AG and the applicant of the Portuguese mark NÏNAE, the Lisbon Court of Appeal decided that the mark in question is not confusingly similar with...
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The Lisbon Court of Appeal decided an action in which the plaintiff claimed copyright and trade dress protection for a pen, specifically the Stabilo Pen 68. Citing the interpretation given by...
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The Portuguese Government vowed to improve the patent box regime in the proposal of the State Budget recently presented in October 2021. The so called “patent box” is a regime...
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The Portuguese Government is preparing a proposal for further changes to the Industrial Property Code. The code currently in force was approved by the Decree-Law No. 110/2018, published on 10...
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According to the Decision No. 711/2020 of the Management Board of the IP Office and the Government Regulation No. 1098/2008, new official fees are applicable in the Industrial Property Office of Portugal...
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The Decree-Law 9/2021 of 29 January approved a new Legal Regime for Economic Offences in order to harmonize and simplify the existing administrative offence regimes of economic activities (with the...
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The Decree Law 16/2020 published on 15 April 2020, established that all acts at the Industrial Property Office must be submitted exclusively through the online services. In result of this...
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