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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

NATIONAL LEGISLATION - BRAZIL

Industrial Property Law - Law N� 9.279, of May 14, 1996


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

TITLE I: PATENTS

CHAPTER I: OWNERSHIP

CHAPTER II: PATENTABILITY

Section I: Patentable Inventions and Utility Models

Section II: Priority

Section III: Non-Patentable Inventions and Utility Models

CHAPTER III: PATENT APPLICATIONS

Section I: Filing of Applications

Section II: Requirements of Applications

Section III: Prosecution and Examination of Applications

CHAPTER IV: GRANT AND TERM OF PATENT

Section I: Grant of Patent

Section II: Term of Patent

CHAPTER V: PROTECTION CONFERRED BY PATENT

Section I: Rights

Section II: Prior User

CHAPTER VI: NULLITY OF PATENT

Section I: General Provisions

Section II: Administrative Procedure for Nullity

Section III: Proceedings for Nullity

CHAPTER VII: ASSIGNMENT AND ENTRIES

CHAPTER VIII: LICENSES

Section I: Voluntary Licenses

Section II: Offer to License

Section III Compulsory Licenses

CHAPTER IX: PATENT OF INTEREST TO NATIONAL DEFENSE

CHAPTER X: CERTIFICATE OF ADDITION

CHAPTER XI: LAPSE OF PATENT

CHAPTER XII: ANNUAL FEES

CHAPTER XIII: RESTORATION

CHAPTER XIV: INVENTIONS OF UTILITY MODELS MADE BY EMPLOYEES OR SERVICE PROVIDERS

 

TITLE II: INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

CHAPTER I: OWNERSHIP

CHAPTER II: REGISTRABILITY

Section I: Registrable Industrial Designs

Section II: Priority

Section III: Non-Registrable Industrial Designs

CHAPTER III: APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION

Section I: Filing of Applications

Section II: Conditions of Applications

Section III: Prosecution and Examination of Applications

CHAPTER IV: GRANT AND TERM OF REGISTRATION

CHAPTER V PROTECTION CONFERRED BY REGISTRATION

CHAPTER VI: SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION

CHAPTER VII: NULLITY OF REGISTRATION

Section I: General Provisions

Section II: Administrative Procedure for Nullity

Section III Proceedings for Nullity

CHAPTER VIII: LAPSE OF THE REGISTRATION

CHAPTER IX: FIVE-YEAR FEE

CHAPTER X: FINAL PROVISIONS

 

TITLE III: MARKS

CHAPTER I: REGISTRABILITY

Section I: Signs Registrable as Marks

Section II: Signs not Registrable as Marks

Section III: Famous Marks

Section IV: well-known Marks

CHAPTER II: PRIORITY

CHAPTER III: APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION

CHAPTER IV: RIGHTS IN MARKS

Section I: Acquisition

Section II: Protection Afforded by Registration

CHAPTER V: TERM, ASSIGNMENT AND ENTRIES

Section I: Term

Section II: Assignment

Section III: Entries

Section IV: License of Use

CHAPTER VI: LOSS OF RIGHTS

CHAPTER VII: COLLECTIVE AND CERTIFICATION MARKS

CHAPTER VIII: FILING

CHAPTER IX: EXAMINATION

CHAPTER X: ISSUE OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATIONS

CHAPTER XI: NULLITY OF REGISTRATIONS

Section I: General Provisions

Section II: Administrative Procedure for Nullity

Section III: Nullity Proceedings

 

TITLE IV: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

 

TITLE V: INFRINGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

CHAPTER I: INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT

CHAPTER II: INFRINGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

CHAPTER III: INFRINGEMENT OF MARKS

CHAPTER IV: INFRINGEMENTS COMMITTED BY MEANS OF MARKS, TITLES OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND ADVERTISING SIGNS

CHAPTER V: INFRINGEMENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND OTHER INDICATIONS

CHAPTER VI: ACTS OF UNFAIR COMPETITION

CHAPTER VII: GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

TITLE VI: TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY AND FRANCHISING

 

TITLE VII: GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I: APPEALS

CHAPTER II: ACTS OF THE PARTIES

CHAPTER III: TIME LIMITS

CHAPTER IV: PRESCRIPTION

CHAPTER V: DECISIONS OF INPI

CHAPTER VI: CLASSIFICATIONS

CHAPTER VII: FEES

 

TITLE VIII: TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS