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FILING REQUIREMENTS The minimum requirements to file a trade mark application are:
1. Name or company name of the applicant, nationality and address;
2. Indication of the intended goods and/or services
3. Indication of the sign (word or expression, figure, mixed sign) to be protected We do not need to file Power of Attorney, as the Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys are exempt from filing this document when acting on client’s behalf PRIORITY
Priority can be claimed in a trade mark application as ruled in the Paris Convention. The term is of six months. The Patent and Trade mark Office may request the applicant to file the priority document. CLASSIFICATION F GOODS AND SERVICES
Goods and services are separated by classes of goods and services as established in the Nice Agreement. There are 34 classes of goods and 11 classes of services. We can assist you in the composition of your list of goods and services. FEES
Official fees are due when filing a trade mark application, as for renewals and other filings, v.g. recordation of licence agreements. Official fees are updated on a yearly basis through an Administrative Rule Please contact us in case you want to consult our fees
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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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