Brazil announces the beginning of electronic filing for industrial designs

Brazil announces the beginning of electronic filing for industrial designs

Patricia Covarrubia   April 12, 2015   No comments:

The weeks have been busy at the Brazilian Intellectual Property Office (INPI). After some news about patent guidelines, INPI published on the April 7^th Official Gazette (RPI 2309) the Resolution # 146/2015 (Resolução nº 146/2015), instituting the electronic system for industrial designs. According to the resolution, the electronic filing for industrial design applications will become available on April 22, 2015.

INPI has  progressively been improving their electronic systems. In 2006, INPI started with the “e-Trademarks” (e-Marcas) for trademark applications, with an update to its 2.0 version in 2011. As reported here, from July 2011 INPI started testing its “e-Patent “(e-Patentes) system by allowing users to access “Cartas Patentes” (patent letters). Although scheduled for 2012, it was in 2013 that INPI put up in the air the e-Patent system officially. In October 2014, INPI started facilitating access to online search system of trade marks, patents, industrial designs, and computer programs. The industrial design system is the latest step taken by the INPI towards a total digital environment.

INPI electronic systems are part of INPI’s efforts to expedite patent and trademark prosecution in order to reduce its backlog. These systems allow users to file applications electronically and have some online access to prior art documents and technical opinions issued by examiners, among other services provided by the Office.

INPI’s website provides quite some interesting data about the current use of the “e-Trademarks” and “e-Patent”. As per the tables, you can see that there is a growing interest in the use of the systems, culminating in 74% of the trademark and patent applications being currently filed electronically.

It is important to remember, however, that in Brazilian Law industrial design applications are not subjected to substantive examination. Therefore, it is really possible to expect an immediate impact of the new system. Currently, INPI takes an average one and a half year for granting industrial designs, but with the new system we can hope the INPI will be able to significantly decrease the existing industrial design backlog.

Post written by Roberto Carapeto

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México: anuncian que antes de 2013 se podrán registrar marcas vía Internet

México: anuncian que antes de 2013 se podrán registrar marcas vía Internet

Rodrigo Ramirez Herrera @ramahr   June 28, 2012   No comments:

Antes de que concluya este año, el Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) lanzará como nuevo servicio el registro de marcas online, como un trámite alternativo y opcional para las empresas. 

Durante una reunión privada con miembros de la Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, Eliseo Montiel, director divisional de marcas del IMPI, afirmó que con esta herramienta las empresas ahorrarán tiempo y dinero, ya que se reducirá el número de requisitos para el registro de las marcas. Detalló que el registro en línea se hará en dos etapas, la primera es la presentación de solicitud, la cual se hará a través de la Firma Electrónica Avanzada (Fiel). Posteriormente y en una segunda etapa, el IMPI evaluará la información, y eventualmente otorgará el registro.

Rodrigo Roque, director general del IMPI, dijo que ésta es una iniciativa del Gobierno federal encaminada a hacer todo electrónico. 

 

Por su parte, Jesús Vega Herrera, titular de la oficina regional Sureste de ese organismo, considera que para concretar este propósito hace falta la infraestructura electrónica, así como la capacitación del personal y usuarios. “Nos tomó por sorpresa el anuncio hecho en México sobre el registro de marcas por Internet, porque si bien es algo en lo que se está trabajando, no hay un plan de cómo se va a hacer y cómo va a operar”, dijo. Agregó que si bien esta medida permitirá a los usuarios saber en qué fase del proceso se encuentra su trámite, los tiempos de respuesta no se acortan, sino que permanecen igual: hasta 6 meses para dar una primera respuesta.

“Hay que considerar que México forma parte del protocolo Madrid, en el que participan 85 países, y donde se establece que en un solo trámite se tiene todo y para ello se requiere infraestructura y capacitación. Antes todo se hacía en ventanilla, pero hoy se puede dar seguimiento a la solicitud por Internet, pero hay que llevar a las oficinas los papeles de la solicitud. La transición será a que el registro sea en línea, a que se eliminen los papeles y que desde una computadora se pueda hacer el pago y se tenga el monitoreo a través de la página http://marcanet.imipi.gob.mx”, precisó.

 

Fuentes: Terra /http://yucatanalamano.com

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e-marks: preparing for the Madrid Protocol?

e-marks: preparing for the Madrid Protocol?

Patricia Covarrubia   August 30, 2011   No comments:

Rio de Janeiro, during the XXXI Congress of the International Intellectual Property, organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), INPI presented the new e-marks in version 2.0. The system should be available to the public in October.

This method is said to be much simpler for the user, contributing to a further increase in trade mark applications in 2011 – INPI mentions that it could reach a high record of 150,000 requests, an increase of 15% compared to 2010. One issue that I note is that INPI talks about the future: “the new system will pave the way to organize multiclass applications and co-ownership - requirements to serve on the Madrid Protocol.” Do you get it? Does it mean that they are really going to be a member and follow Colombia?

To cope with so many trade mark applications, INPI will use later this year the Intellectual Property System Automation System (IPAS) developed by the World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) to streamline its internal processing.

Source INPI.

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