The new EU design legislation is set out in two new acts adopted by the European Parliament and the Council which have just been published in the EU Official Journal…
AntonioCorteRealNovember 20, 2024
According to the Decision No. 447/2024 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…
AntonioCorteRealJune 28, 2024
Geographical Indications are collective intellectual property rights intended to protect the names of certain products that have specific characteristics linked to their geographic origin. GIs are linked to the historical…
AntonioCorteRealApril 8, 2024
We are delighted to announce that Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados and its trademark professionals were again recommended by the international magazine World Trademark Review for 2024! We are honored…
AntonioCorteRealFebruary 23, 2024
The official fees for industrial property rights applicable in the Industrial Property Institute of Mozambique were updated by the Ministerial Decree No. 154/2023, of 29 December. The fees were substantially…
AntonioCorteRealFebruary 9, 2024
On October 18, 2023, the Government of Portugal deposited its instrument of ratification to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indication (“Geneva Act”). This ratification…
AntonioCorteRealDecember 21, 2023
On 2 August 2023, the Government of São Tome and Principe deposited its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical…
AntonioCorteRealOctober 16, 2023
A European Patent (EP) application may generally be filed at the European Patent Office or the national Patent Office (if the national law so permits). In some countries, however, certain…
AntonioCorteRealSeptember 5, 2023