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FURTADO is a specialised firm in intellectual property. It was founded in 1904 and for more than 100 years we have been assisting our clients in every kind of services in this field.
We assist our clients in Trade Mark, patent and design applications, technical consultancy, searches and monitoring of IP rights.
We have Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys working with us, who are representatives recognized by the Portuguese Patent and Trade Mark Office and that have technical background to provide any service in terms of IP.
We also have European Trade Mark and Design Attorneys, duly recognized by the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market, capable of representing our clients in what concerns Community Trade Marks and Designs.
Our Office is located in Lisbon and we provide IP services to Portuguese and foreign companies who want to protect their rights in Portugal or in the European Union.
We correspond with several Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys worldwide, namely for the protection of our clients’ rights in foreign countries. We also provide IP services in African Countries of Portuguese language and in Macao.
The firm and their professionals are members of several national and international associations, such as the Portuguese Association of IP Consultants (ACPI), the European Community Trademark Association (ECTA), International Trademark Association (INTA), Fédération Internationale des Conseills en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (AIPPI), Institute of Trademark Attorneys (ITMA), UNION, MARQUES, EPI). |
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Decree Order No. 479/2010 of 12 July 2010 |
Decree Order No. 479/2010, adopting the second amendment to the Decree Order No. 1098/2008 of 30 September and implementing a revision to the fees list of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (hereinafter referred to as “PTO”) was enacted on the past 13 July 2010.
The referred Decree Order proceeded to a generalized increase on the value of the official fees, in particular for the most important acts, such as the fees for registration applications of trademarks, logotypes, rewards, designations of origin and national geographical indications, patent applications fees and fees for registration of designs or models. These increases correspond to 10% of the value, independently of performing the acts on-line or in paper.
The most significant increases, however, were introduced regarding particular categories of acts. For example, fees for renewals of trademark’s registrations (in a single class) and logotypes increased 122%.
Furthermore, and regarding the fees for requesting a modification of the PTO decision, the increase reaches 200%.
Notwithstanding, Furtado, S.A. will only reflect the official fees increase in the prices charged in relation to renewals of registrations and requests regarding the modification of the PTO decision, without any change in our costs. |
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Industrial Property Code amendments |
Last October 1st 2008 new amendments to the Industrial Property Code came into force by the Decree-Law n.º 143/2008 published on 25th of July 2008. These amendments intend to reflect simplification and access measures to industrial property in result of the SIMPLEX Program for the area of the Ministry of Justice. |
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London Agreement on article 65th of the European Patent Conv |
On May the 1st 2008 the London Agreement came into force in what concerns article 65th of the European Patent Convention, having as an objective the reduction of the translation costs in the procedures of validation of European patents in the countries designated in the context of a European patent application.
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