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>[24.Mar.09] Copyright
– Simplified Software Registrations
Source: INPI/BR [Adapted]
As of 24.Mar.2009, the source
code of the software to be registered may be presented
in a CD, and not only in paper. In the future, the goal
of the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property
(INPI) is to carry out the whole process electronically
via the internet.
With the INPI’s
new regulations, the software owner may save the source
code in a PDF file, save it in CDs or DVDs and put them
in a SEDEX (express mail) envelope. The use of such
envelope guarantees confidentiality of the data. A copy
of this material should be made. Subsequently, the formal
documentation must be gathered and sent by air mail
or taken directly to the Institute.
To ensure safety
to the process, the INPI will also ask for the authorization
of the software owner to copy the media and store the
protected information in a data server. The department
responsible for the registrations is the Division of
Computer Programs Registration, which is linked to the
General Coordination of Other Registrations of the Administration
Office of Technology Contracts and Other Registrations
of the Institute.
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