WIPO Brazil Office
The WIPO Brazil Office was opened in 2009 to support the implementation of intellectual property (IP) projects and activities in Brazil.
We work with Brazilian institutions, as well as with institutions from other developing countries, to create lasting value from IP assets.
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Unlocking IP-backed Financing
Check out the new report in the Unlocking IP-backed Financing Series - Country Perspectives: Brazil's Journey. The document describes the main challenges in the country associated with the use of intellectual property assets as collateral for financing.
Protecting your designs internationally and take your business beyond borders!
The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs provides a practical business solution for registering in many countries, by filing a single international application.
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WIPO services and products in Brazil
Madrid System for trademarks
Brazil joined the Madrid system in 2019. Visit Brazil in the Member’s profile database.
PCT system for patents
Brazil joined the PCT in 1978. In 2014 PCT filings experienced double digit growth and were the highest in the latin American Region.
Hague System for Industrial Designs
Brazil joins WIPO’s Hague System. Starting August 1, designate Brazil in your international applications.
Brazil and WIPO initiatives
WIPO Academy
The WIPO Academy offers a series of training initiatives for Brazilian users of the IP system:
Building Respect for IP: Awareness Raising
Building respect for intellectual property (IP) involves more than just enforcement; we also have to educate, inform and change attitudes. We assist our member states to design national strategies for building respect for IP and to develop tools for use in awareness raising, in particular among young people.
Public Outreach
Discover how the WIPO Brazil Office supports innovation and sustainability through inspiring local stories of intellectual property (IP) in action.
Innovation and Community Impact
Watch how Brazilian entrepreneurs, innovators and businesses are using technology and creativity to empower communities, enhance accessibility and drive social change.
Innovative Instant Feeding Device Helps Premature Infants in Brazil
Nadia Rodrigues Mallet, Premature Infant Feeding Cup Inventor creates an adaptive cup tool to the physiological and anatomy needs of premature infants latch onto their mother’s breasts.
Nadia is now using the International Patent System administered by WIPO to protect and promote her invention overseas.
Building a brighter future through music
In Rio de Janeiro’s Vidigal neighborhood, an innovative social project is transforming kids' lives.
The BatucaVidi after-school program teaches kids and teenagers everything from Samba-Reggae to Carnival beats, and more – unlocking opportunities for them through music.
Sustainability and Economic Development
Explore initiatives that promote sustainable practices, protect traditional knowledge through geographical indications and collective marks, and leverage intellectual property (IP) for economic growth and development.
Pairing young designers with agricultural producers has sparked fresh, innovative approaches to marketing.
In Chile and Brazil, design students are leading a fresh wave of innovation, helping producers better connect with consumers.
Through WIPO's Young Designers Program, these university students partnered with agricultural producers to bring bold new ideas to life. This real-world experience showed them firsthand how design can transform products and influence consumer behavior.
New designs enhance the value of Amazonian biodiversity
A new cycle of the WIPO Project IP for Young Designers, promoted by WIPO and funded by FIT/Japan IP Global, was implemented simultaneously in Brazil and Paraguay.
In Brazil, the Project emphasized the importance of Amazonian products and resumed the institutional partnership between WIPO, INPI and Sebrae, with universities and geographical indications in the Northern Region of Brazil - including the states of Acre, Amazonas, Pará, and Rondônia, the region where the Amazon rainforest is located, rich in biodiversity, cultures and productive ecosystems. During this new cycle of the project in Brazil, students from the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) and the State University of Pará (UEPA) joined the work.
See how design can further enhance the value of products from Amazonian biodiversity.