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Formal requirements in applications under the Industrial Property Code amended

The Portuguese Industrial Property Office (INPI) adopted Regulation 6187/2023, concerning the formal requirements of applications and documents presented in applications for registration under the Industrial Property Code. The Regulation revokes…

AntonioCorteRealJune 26, 2023

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World Trademark Review recommends SGCR

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 2023! We are honored…

AntonioCorteRealFebruary 23, 2023

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Unitary Patent: still no safety net in Portugal

The new system comprised by the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court is intended to start on 1 June 2023. Despite the fact that Portugal is one of the…

AntonioCorteRealFebruary 1, 2023

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São Tomé and Príncipe adopts the Harmonised Database

As of 12 December 2022, the Intellectual Property Office of São Tomé and Príncipe (SENAPIQ) will use and accept the list of terms from the Harmonised Database of goods and…

AntonioCorteRealDecember 13, 2022

Cabo Verde Highlight Industrial Property

Cape Verde joins ARIPO

The users of the ARIPO system can designate Cape Verde in their applications as from 14 October 2022. The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is an inter-governmental organization (IGO)…

AntonioCorteRealNovember 8, 2022

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Lisbon Court of Appeal – tobacco products and medicinal cannabis are similar goods

On 15 June 2022 the Lisbon Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the 1st chamber of the Intellectual Property Court (IPC), in a case where the similarity between tobacco…

AntonioCorteRealOctober 19, 2022

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Bull Fight in the Intellectual Property Court

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…

wsaAugust 2, 2022

Cabo Verde Highlight Trademarks

Cabo Verde: Declaration of Intention to Use required for International Trademarks

Cabo Verde became a member of the Madrid Protocol on 6 July 2022 and has already received the first international designations in WIPO. On 5 July 2022, the Government of…

wsaJuly 15, 2022

First filing rule in Portuguese Patent Law

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Formal requirements in applications under the Industrial Property Code amended

World Trademark Review recommends SGCR

Unitary Patent: still no safety net in Portugal

São Tomé and Príncipe adopts the Harmonised Database

Cape Verde joins ARIPO

Lisbon Court of Appeal – tobacco products and medicinal cannabis are similar goods

Bull Fight in the Intellectual Property Court

Cabo Verde: Declaration of Intention to Use required for International Trademarks

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