Portugal IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names

Portugal is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are also part of Portugal.

Portugal is a developed country, and has a high Human Development Index. It is the 7th most peaceful and the 13th most globalized country in the world, and has the world's 19th highest quality of life.

It is a member of the European Union (joined the then EEC in 1986, leaving the EFTA where it was a founding member in 1960) and the United Nations (since 1955); as well as a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese Language Countries, CPLP), and the European Union's Eurozone. Portugal is also a Schengen state.

General Information

Capital:

Lisbon

Population:

11 Million

Languages:

Português

Government Type:

Parliamentary Republic

Dialing Code:

+351

Timezone:

GMT 0

Monetary Unit:

Euro (€) EUR

More information:

Portugal

International Arrangements

WIPO Convention
Paris Convention
Berne Convention
PCT
PLT
Madrid Agreement
Madrid Agreement
Madrid Protocol
Nice Agreement
Lisbon Agreement
Strasbourg Agreement
Rome Convention
Brussels Convention
Budapest Treaty

Patents

Types of Patents:
-Patents of Invention
-PCT Patents
-European Patent

Filing Requirements

Patents of Invention
- Power of Attorney (in Portuguese or with verified Portuguese translation)
- Full particulars of the inventors and of the applicants
- Specification, claims and abstract in Portuguese
- Drawings
- Deed of Assignment of Invention (notarized and legalized)
- Priority document with verified Portuguese translation

Patents PCT
- Power of Attorney (in English)
- Full particulars of the inventors and of the applicants.
- Specification, claims and abstract in English
- Copy of the published international search report
- Copy of the published international application
- Priority document with verified English translation

Granting:
- The term of a patent is twenty years from the filing date.
- Renewal fees fall due annually from the fifth anniversary of the filing date

Renewals:
- Every year after the fifth anniversary of the filling date

Trademarks

Filing Requirements:
- Power of Attorney (in Portuguese or with verified Portuguese translation)
- Copy of the Commercial Register or Certificate of Incorporation (in Portuguese or with verified Portuguese translation)
- 2 prints of the trademark
- The full particulars of the applicant
- The list of the goods and/or services to be covered by the trademark and classes
- Priority document with verified Portuguese translation

Granting:
- The protection is for ten years, and starts from the date of application

Renewals:
- Every ten years

Designs and Models

Filing Requirements:
- Power of Attorney (in Portuguese or with verified Portuguese translation)
- Full particulars of the inventors and of the applicants.
- Graphic representation or a sample of the model
- Assignment of Invention (notarized and legalized)
- Description of the novelty for the industrial model or the industrial design
- Priority document with verified Portuguese translation

Granting:
- The term of protection is twenty five years from the filing date.

Renewals:
- Every year

Utility Models

Filing Requirements
- Power of Attorney (in Portuguese or with verified Portuguese translation)
- Full particulars of the inventors and of the applicants.
- Drawings
- Assignment of Invention (notarized and legalized)
- Description of the novelty for the industrial model or the industrial design
- Priority document with verified Portuguese translation

Granting
The term of protection is fifteen years from the filing date.

Renewals
Every year

Copyrights

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

As a member of the Berne Convention, it is possible to copyright protect creative works in this country, as well as all the other member nations automatically (more than 160 countries), with one single application.

For more information and to submit us your works for worldwide copyright protection, click here.

Domain Names

Domain extension:

.pt

Requirements:
- For .com.pt there are no requirements.
-For .pt domain registration, domain must match the name of your company or Portugal/European Union trademark.

Other Protection

Semiconductor Products in Portugal

Filing Requirements
- Power of Attorney (in Portuguese or with verified Portuguese translation)
- Full particulars of the inventors and of the applicants.
- Description of the topographyÃ‚Â´s and claims
- Summary of the topographyÃ‚Â´s characteristics
- Date of the first public use

Granting
The term of protection is fifteen years from the filing date.

Downloadable Files

Portugal - Power of Attorney.doc

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Portugal IP: Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Domain Names