Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) is opening the second phase of its trademark fast-track programme from May 2026, with 3,000 places available across the year. For applicants that need a registration quickly for platform access, public funding, dispute handling or international portfolio coordination, the programme may become a practical timing tool rather than a procedural formality.The reform also changes how High Reputation Marks can be handled in Brazil. Under the rule effective from 1 May, an applicant may link registration numbers in several classes within a...
Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has opened Phase II of its priority trademark examination programme, significantly widening the situations in which applicants may request faster handling. The new categories include Brazilian basic applications linked to Madrid System international registrations where INPI acts as the office of origin, applicants that need trademark registration to operate on online marketplaces, traditional communities and family farming applicants, applicants domiciled in countries with reciprocal arrangements with Brazil, and cases where...
Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) has placed examination efficiency at the centre of its 2026 action plan, with artificial intelligence tools expected to support searches, classification and substantive review for trademarks and industrial designs. For applicants, this should not be read as a simple IT update. If the new tools are matched with reliable data, examiner oversight and clear operating criteria, Brazil’s long examination timelines could begin to move in a more predictable direction.The plan also points to stronger regional protection for geographical...
Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) is extending the policy logic of its Green Patent fast-track programme into trade marks, with accelerated examination expected for applications covering goods or services linked to sustainable agriculture, clean energy and environmental recycling. For companies using brands to identify green technologies, circular-economy services or low-carbon product lines, the trade mark filing process may now carry a clearer industrial-policy dimension.The same package also responds to a long-standing problem in Brazil: trade mark squatting. A...
Brazil’s INPI is continuing to streamline the handling path for international design filings that designate Brazil, with the interface between Hague System designations, local data intake and examination workflow becoming more efficient in practice. For applicants, the practical value is not just a shorter queue. It is a more predictable landing path in Brazil, especially when the filing strategy, titles and figure set are prepared carefully from the outset.The more interesting shift is in how GUI and dynamic icon filings are being expressed. What is clearer in the public guidance is that...
Brazil’s INPI is starting to make its industrial design acceleration policy more concrete. Under the latest arrangement, industrial design applications designating Brazil through the Hague System may file a free fast-track request online where the product design is clearly tied to environmental efficiency or accessibility-oriented assistive use. For qualifying cases, the target is a substantive review and decision within 30 days. For applicants already treating Brazil as a serious design market rather than a distant filing add-on, that is not a minor procedural perk. It can materially...
On 18 June 2026, Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) announced a fresh upgrade to its electronic industrial design examination system to align more closely with the latest digital standards of the Hague System. For applicants dealing with graphical user interfaces, holographic projections and moving designs, the practical shift is clear: Brazil is now prepared to receive a fuller digital record of what the design actually is.The headline change is that mainstream 3D modelling files and video demonstration clips can now form part of the evidentiary basis for...
On June 30, Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) released a new rule on the examination of trademark coexistence agreements and Letters of Consent. The practical shift is substantial: where the conflicting parties have signed a coexistence arrangement, examiners are now expected, as a rule, to accept that arrangement and allow registration, with tighter scrutiny reserved for high-risk fields such as medicines and public safety.This changes a long-standing instinct in Brazilian trademark practice. Until now, coexistence agreements were often treated as supporting...
