Services
We offer a wide range of services for companies from the most varied areas.
Technical Opinions, Guidance on Unfair Competition, Patents and Trademark Protection, etc.
Get in touch to learn more about our pricing and how our team can help you!
Trademarks
Briefly, a trademark is a distinctive sign that identifies a company or a product.
Before filing a trademark in Brazil, you need to know a few things:
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It is recomended to file a trademark as a legal entity. Otherwise you will have to proove you work in the related field as a person.
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Before making the trademark filing, it is necessary to perform a search to verify if the desired trademark no longer exists or if there will be no infringement in comparison to another similar one.
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It is also necessary to choose protection over the word or design pattern.
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Define a Class: According to the line of business, the trademark must be registered in certain classes that can be basically divided into product (class 1 to 34) and service (class 35 to 45).
Patents
Briefly, a granted patent allow some exclusivity rights about a Product, Method or System.
Before filing a Patent Application in Brazil, you need to know a few things:
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It is necessary to describe exactly how the practical implementation of the invention is carried out. It is not possible to patent an idea by itself without it being constructively detailed.
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Before the filing, it is necessary to do a prior art search to verify if the object of the patent already exists or if there will be no infringement compared to any one previously granted. This saves time and money.
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It is also necessary to choose a category:
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Invention: System, Method, Equipment. More complex solution to a technical problem.
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Utility Model: Object-oriented. Simpler inventive concept. Easier to be granted.
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Invention: 20 years.
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Utility Model: 15 years.
Design Patents / Industrial Design
Briefly, Industrial Design protection refers to the design of an object, screens or icons.
Before filing an Industrial Design in Brazil, you need to know a few things:
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It is recommended to do a prior art search to verify if the design is not previously used by third parties.
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It is possible to have up to 20 variations on the same application.
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Valid for up to 25 years with five-year payments.
Unfair competition
Briefly, unfair competition is the illicit commercial activity provided by third parties in order to harm or take advantage of a company's good reputation and the chain of customers and suppliers through the improper appropriation of a name, product or service that is the same or similar, without prior authorization.
There are several ways to curb this practice, from administrative and extrajudicial procedures to even through the filing of lawsuits.
Domain Names
The registration of one or more internet domain names should be a constant concern of the holder of intellectual property rights, as the internet is a powerful tool for promoting business.
We offer search, registration, maintenance and renewal of domain name registrations, in Brazil and abroad.
Intellectual Property Expertise
Analysis and preparation of technical and judicial opinions related to intellectual property, involving crademarks, patents and industrial designs infringements.
We have years of experience in forensic expertise acting as Legal Expert or Technical Assistant.
Contracts
The elaboration or review of a commercial contract, especially with regard to intellectual property clauses, must be well advised to ensure the rights and duties of the interested parties.
Conditions related to service exclusivity, contractual validity, correct description of the scope of the contract, venue and registration must be detailed in order to avoid future problems.
We carry out these and other analyzes to formally guarantee your rights and duties.
Software protection
The computer program is, in short, the amount of commands to be loaded on a certain hardware in order to make the machine perform one or more certain operations.
It is important to emphasize that the protection of the software takes place at the BRPTO exclusively through the registration of the source code.
In Brazil it is not allowed to file a Software Patent by itself, unless it is related to the Hardware operation in order to implkement a system.
Copyright
To keep your creations safe and protected, we offer complete advice on records, as well as search, guidance and legal action against infringements, copies, plagiarism, etc.
Franchising
Briefly, Franchising allows interested parties to license trademarks and technologies from a particular company in exchange of royalties payment previously established in the contract.
Before signing or drawing up a Franchise Agreement, you need to know a few things:
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If there is already a trademark registered with the BRPTO
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If the contractual terms are within the current BR Laws and are interesting for both parties
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Contract definitions like validity, renewal, new remuneration, etc.