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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In a recently published decision the Lisbon Court of Appeal has considered that a trademark depicting the word FASCISTA (fascist) may not be registered since it contains an “expression or figure contrary...
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The Covid-19 pandemic is having disrupting effects all over the world and has also taken its toll on IP matters. Below is the situation in the main IP agencies and...
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In accordance with the recommendations and decisions of the Portuguese government in order to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have taken appropriate measures to ensure that our...
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