Covid-19 Prompts Applicant-friendly Requirements In Cape Verde

Even though Cape Verde has only a slight presence in international and regional treaties and conventions – it only became a signatory to the World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property in 2008 – its Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has always shown proof of a particular feature: its rigorousness with the formal requirements for filing industrial property rights, specifically supporting documentation.

The formal requirements for a trademark application in Cape Verde when the applicant is a company are as follows:

• an original and notarised power of attorney (plus Portuguese translation);
• a copy of the certificate of incorporation (plus Portuguese translation), which must prove that the activity carried out is related to trademark goods or services; and