Annual Technical Report 2013 on Trademark Information Activities submitted by Brazil (CWS/ATR/TM/2013/BR)
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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADEMARK INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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Information regarding filing applications and other trademark related requests are available online at the following address:
http://www.inpi.gov.br/portal/artigo/guia_basico_de_marcas_e_manual_do_usuario_sistema_emarcas
Status information, processing histories and access to documents related to pending and registered trademarks are available online at the following address:
https://gru.inpi.gov.br/pPI/
Since 2000 new trademark applications must be filed using the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) and the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification).
The Institute uses all three levels of the Vienna classification for all trademarks in the database for applications and registrations. The classification must be furnished initially by the applicant but is subject to review and corrections by the Institute.
The eMarcas e-filing system for applications and every other trademark related request is available at the following address:
https://marcas.inpi.gov.br/emarcas/
III. SOURCES OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
The INPI extracts text and image data to generate the weekly publication of the electronic Industrial Property Gazette (Revista da Propriedade Industrial — RPI) in PDF format. The textual elements of these products are exported from the Institute’s central database along with the representations of the marks which are extracted from a database of digitized and digital images, automatically inserted into the layout. The Gazette is posted on the Institute's website available at the following address.
http://revistas.inpi.gov.br/rpi/
The textual data published in the Gazette is also made available in a XML file.
A Push system is also available which sends an email alert each time an office action is published in the Gazette for the files chosen by the user.
http://formulario.inpi.gov.br/Push/pages/login.jsf
The Institute does not maintain a manual search file. All searches are performed using an automated system.
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TRADEMARK INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
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The library catalog, designed in MARC format, is available for the general public through INPI’s website (http://biblioteca.inpi.gov.br/sophia_web/index.html). The public can access the collection and other electronic resources in OPAC terminals, at the Library's Reading Room. As a WIPO Depository Library, the library staff catalogs the intellectual property publications and make it available for the general public by electronic catalog and alerts. Also, the library is a member of the Brazilian Bibliographical Exchange Program - COMUT, provided by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, which has more than 2,500 other partner libraries.
The library’s technical literature collection covers all aspects of intellectual property with its holdings of some 15,000 references, between monographs, articles, book chapters and over 30,000 electronic periodical titles, provided by Capes Consortia. In the scope of trademarks, the library has about 800 references. Also, the library has 113 titles in intellectual property and related areas, which include trademarks information. These materials can be consulted in the Library's Reading Room. Also, the library electronic catalog is available by Internet on the INPI website.
The library belongs to Capes Consortia, from the Ministry of Education, comprising 422 other libraries from Brazilian academic institutions. It allows INPI to have access to ‘Portal Periódicos Capes”, a great virtual library which contains more 30,000 electronic periodicals and 400 reference databases.
The library offers training courses for the use of electronic catalog and Portal Periódicos Capes, teaching users to search in different fields of knowledge, including technical literature in trademarks and related areas.
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARK INFORMATION
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Additional materials, including the Trademark User Manual and Examination Guidelines, which explain various aspects of the trademark system in Brazil, are also available at the Institutes website.
http://www.inpi.gov.br