BRAZIL
January 31, 2017
On October 18th, 2016, the INPI published Resolution INPI/PR No. 172/2016, whose objective is to improve Resolution INPI/PR No. 107/2013 which deals with the application of Article 125 of Law 9,279/1996. The first of the amendments concerns with the wording of items I and II of article 3 of the Resolution INPI / PR No. 107/2013; the second amendment contemplated in Resolution INPI / PR No. 172/2016 refers to Article 9 of the previous Resolution, which deals with the new requirements for the recognition of well-known trademarks already identified under the terms of Resolution INPI / PR No. 107/2013; finally the amendment of article 10 of the previous Resolution, establishing that the competence for the investigation of appeals is from the General Coordination of Appeals and Administrative Proceedings of Nullity (CGREC).
The first of the >amendments concerns with the wording of items I and II of article 3 of the Resolution INPI / PR No. 107/2013; the second amendment contemplated in Resolution INPI / PR No. 172/2016 refers to Article 9 of the previous Resolution, which deals with the new requirements for the recognition of well-known trademarks already identified under the terms of Resolution INPI / PR No. 107/2013; finally the amendment of article 10 of the previous Resolution, establishing that the competence for the investigation of appeals is
from the General Coordination of Appeals and Administrative Proceedings of Nullity (CGREC). Sincerely,