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ARTICLE · 23 DECEMBER 2014

Brazil’s New Trademark Examination Guidelines

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On December 09, 2014, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published Resolution No. 142/2014 ("Resolution") in its Official Gazette, No. 2292.

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On December 09, 2014, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) published Resolution No. 142/2014 ("Resolution") in its Official Gazette, No. 2292. The Resolution consolidates various trademark regulatory sources focused on the application of the provisions of Brazilian Intellectual Property Law (Law No. 9.279/96 – BIPL) and establishes a new Trademark Examination Guidelines Manual ("Manual"), which revokes the current guidelines as well as Resolutions Nos. 027/2013, 028/2013, 032/2013 and Normative Instruction No. 001/2013. The objective of the Resolution is to guarantee quality, transparency and uniformity in trademark analysis, and facilitate the dialogue between the examination and appeal procedures.

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