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>[19.May.09] General
- INPI defines new fees, services and discounts
Source: INPI/BR [Adapted]
As of 01.Jun.2009,
the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property
(INPI) will implement new fees for previous and new
services, as well as extend discounts to a wider group,
which will include natural entities, micro and small-size
enterprises and cooperatives defined by Law as such;
research and educational institutes, non-profitable
entities and government agencies.
There was an average
increase of 24% in INPI services fees, but industrial
designs will have a discount up to 60%, and the electronic
filing of trademarks can have a reduction of fees of
25% when compared to paper filing.
The increase
of fees is a result, among other factors, of INPI new
status as an International Searching and Preliminary
Examining Authority and of the new services offered,
such as the international search, international preliminary
examination on patentability and the registration of
integrated circuit topographies.
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