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OTHER SERVICES
Our office is able to provide for several complementary services, some of which fundamental for an appropriate strategy of protection of Industrial property rights.
We have a constantly up-to-date data base able to respond to the requests of our clients. We provide the following services:
Searches concerning Trade Marks and other distinctive signs, including names or company names;
Searches on the state of the art (patents);
Maintenance of rights with automatic issuing of warning letters for the clients;
Surveillance on publication of trademark applications and issuing of the respective warning letters for the clients;
Domain names;
Customs Intervention Applications;
Consultancy on copyright and periodic publications registers. We have a modern office in the center of Lisbon, with good accessibilities, but we are always available to displace in order to meet our clients. Contact us on our fees and to obtain further information about our services.
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News
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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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