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Intellectual Property — securing business innovations.

In modern economies innovations such as inventions, product designs or brands and logos are very important assets and emblematic flags of companies and businesses. Intellectual Property is about securing and strengthening those business innovations.

We help to obtain safe and wise forms of IP protection worldwide.

Recent News

New Rules for .PT Domain Registration – Effective from 1 July 2026

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The new rules for registering .PT domains introduce stricter identity verification procedures and new transparency requirements (aligned with the European NIS2 cybersecurity directive). Key changes include: – Data validation: Rigorous…
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Cape Verde – Analysis of the New Industrial Property Code

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A new Industrial Property Code was recently adopted in Cape Verde by Legislative Decree No. 2/2025 of 2 December. The new legislation repeals the current code (adopted in 2007) and…

The ownership of inventions in Portugal

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According to the Portuguese constitutional law, everyone has the right to create new inventions. A different issue is knowing who has the right to patent the invention, that is, who…

Search Reports for National Patents in Portugal Carried Out by the European Patent Office

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The Portuguese Industrial Property Office (INPI) has entered into a cooperation protocol with the European Patent Office (EPO) that provides for the EPO to carry out research and opinion for…

Addresses of individuals will not be disclosed by the Portuguese IP Office

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The Board of Directors of the Portuguese IP Office (INPI) has decided to eliminate the addresses or domiciles of natural persons from the database of industrial property rights accessible on…

INPI and EPO conclude cooperation agreement on patent searches

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The President of the European Patent Office, António Campinos, and Ana Bandeira, President of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), signed a cooperation agreement on patent searches. Under this…