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Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
Intellectual Property

We provide IP services for Portugal (including the islands of Madeira and Azores) and, at an international level, patent and trademark services such as the prosecution of European and International Patents near the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization as well as Community Trademark or Design services in the OHIM. Our know-how and practice remains closely linked to other Portuguese speaking jurisdictions namely, Macao, Angola, Mozambique, S. Tomé e Principe, and Cape Verde. Contact us!

The BELENENSES trademark controversy

02 September 2019

The BELENENSES name controversy involves the name and logo of the Football Club Os Belenenses (FC Belenenses), a one hundred year’s history and well-established Club of Lisbon, Portugal. The Intellectual Property court granted a preliminary injunction request filed by FC Belenenses against Os Belenenses – Sociedade Des...

Portuguese Intellectual Property Court with extended jurisdiction

12 August 2019

The Portuguese Parliament has adopted a law (Law 55/2019 of 5 August 2019) amending the Law of the Organization of the Judiciary System, in respect of two important aspects in the field of intellectual property. Firstly, the law gives new powers to the Intellectual Property Court in the area of copyright and also in th...

Use of digital image devices in libraries allowed

16 July 2019

Portugal has adopted Law 31/2019 published on 3 May 2019 that regulates the use of personal digital devices and allows the digital reproduction, in images, of documents, in public libraries and archives. The new law applies from 1 June 2019. Digital devices for personal use, for the purposes of this law, include, but a...