- Industrial Property Code Decree Nr. 04/2006 of 12th April (Came into force on June 12th 2006)
- TITLE I GENERAL PART
- CHAPTER I General provisions
- SECTION I Definitions
- SECTION II General principles
- SECTION III Administrative procedures
- Article 6 Classifications and procedures
- Article 7 Forms
- Article 8 Registration
- Article 9 Entitlement to take action
- Article 10 Verification of applications
- Article 11 Language of the application
- Article 12 Inspections
- Article 13 Proof of industrial property rights
- Article 14 Filing certificates (Certidões)
- Article 15 Certificates of grant
- Article 16 Content of certificates
- SECTION IV Transferability, extinguishment and restoration of industrial property rights
- CHAPTER I General provisions
- TITLE II Industrial Property Regime
- CHAPTER I Invention patents
- SECTION I Patentability
- SECTION II Ownership of inventions
- Article 31 Right to the patent
- Article 32 Co-ownership
- Article 33 Presumption of entitlement
- Article 34 First to file rule
- Article 35 Inventions by employees
- Article 36 Concept of employee
- Article 37 Remuneration of employees
- Article 38 Communication of the invention
- Article 39 Period of validity
- Article 40 Employees and other officers in the public service
- Article 41 Non-limitation of rights
- Article 42 Inventor’s right
- SECTION III Filing of the application
- Article 43 Applicant and place of application
- Article 44 Documents to be filed
- Article 45 Compulsory information in the application
- Article 46 Description of the invention
- Article 47 Structure of the claim
- Article 48 Scope of protection
- Article 49 Inadequate description or claim
- Article 50 Unity of the invention
- SECTION IV Right of priority
- Article 51 Period of priority
- Article 52 Assignment of a priority right
- Article 53 Claims for multiple priorities
- Article 54 Foreign applications for patents or similar rights of protection
- Article 55 Date of filing
- Article 56 Examination as to form
- Article 57 Publication
- Article 58 Provisional protection
- Article 59 Opposition
- SECTION V Grant or refusal of the patent
- SECTION VI Rights conferred by the patent
- SECTION VII Regional patent
- SECTION VIII International patent
- SECTION IX Working of the patent
- CHAPTER II Utility models
- Article 89 Requirements
- Article 90 Inventive activity
- Article 91 Application of the provisions on patents
- Article 92 Procedure
- Article 93 Publication
- Article 94 Unity of invention
- Article 95 Duration
- Article 96 Rights conferred by registration
- Article 97 Transformation of a utility model application
- CHAPTER III Industrial designs
- CHAPTER IV Marks
- SECTION I Requirements
- SECTION II National registration
- Article 112 Application
- Article 113 Documents accompanying the application
- Article 114 Single registration
- Article 115 Priority
- Article 116 Publication
- Article 117 Opposition
- Article 118 Examination
- Article 119 Grounds for refusal
- Article 120 Duration and renewal of protection
- Article 121 Assignment
- Article 122 Licence to use
- Article 123 Entitlement to register
- Article 124 Rights conferred by registration
- Article 125 Well-known marks
- Article 126 Marks of high renown
- Article 127 Declaration of intention to use
- SECTION III International registration
- Article 128 Right to register
- Article 129 Special registration process
- Article 130 Application for registration
- Article 131 Renunciation of protection
- Article 132 Changes to the register
- Article 133 Publication
- Article 134 Opposition
- Article 135 Procedural formalities
- Article 136 Grounds for refusal of registration
- Article 137 Declaration of intention to use
- CHAPTER V Trade names and insignia of establishments
- SECTION I General principles
- Article 138 Subject matter of trade names and insignia
- Article 139 Right to trade name and insignia
- Article 140 Composition of trade names
- Article 141 Composition of insignia
- Article 142 Exceptions to protection
- Article 143 Rights conferred by registration of a trade name or insignia
- Article 144 Inalterability of the name or insignia
- Article 145 Application to register a trade name or insignia
- Article 146 Protection of trade names
- SECTION II Application procedure
- SECTION I General principles
- CHAPTER VI Appellations of origin and geographical indications
- Article 155 General principles
- Article 156 Applicable rules
- Article 157 Regional demarcation
- Article 158 Application for registration
- Article 159 Grounds for refusal of registration
- Article 160 Rights conferred by registration
- Article 161 Duration of registration
- Article 162 Lapse
- Article 163 Non-transferability of the right
- CHAPTER VII Logos
- CHAPTER VIII Awards
- CHAPTER I Invention patents
- TITLE III Offences
- CHAPTER I Offences
- SECTION I Classification of offences
- Article 173 Infringement of industrial property rights
- Article 174 Unfair competition
- Article 175 Infringement of exclusive rights in a patent
- Article 176 Infringement of exclusive rights in an industrial design
- Article 177 Counterfeiting, imitation and illegal and illicit use of a mark
- Article 178 Illegal reference to or use of an award
- Article 179 Infringement of exclusive rights to a trade name or insignia of an establishment
- Article 180 Illegal use of a logo
- Article 181 Improper reference to or use of private rights
- Article 182 Counterfeiting, imitation and illegal and illicit use of appellations of origin and geographical indications
- Article 183 Repeated offences
- SECTION I Classification of offences
- CHAPTER II Procedure
- SECTION I General provisions
- SECTION II Appeals
- SECTION III Supervision of industrial property rights
- Article 190 Competent authority
- Article 191 Procedures
- Article 192 Ministerial appeal
- Article 193 Judicial investigation of the case
- Article 194 Seizure of products or merchandise for import or export
- Article 195 Destination of seized goods
- Article 196 Payment of fines
- Article 197 Destination of fines
- CHAPTER I Offences
- TITLE IV Fees
- Article 198 Consideration
- Article 199 Time limits for payment
- Article 200 Revalidations
- Article 201 Reduction of fees
- Article 202 Exemption from fees
- Article 203 Suspension of fees
- Article 204 Approval and updating of fees
- Article 205 Rights belonging to the State
- Article 206 Rights belonging to non-profit organisations
- TITLE V Industrial property bulletin
- TITLE I GENERAL PART
Industrial Property Code
Decree Nr. 04/2006
of 12th April
(Came into force on June 12th 2006)
2006
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