Brasil Creates Trademark Database for Use by Law Enforcement Officials

By Rodrigo Borges Carneir

The recordation of trademarks in the directory will be made by filling in the form available on the CNCP’s website, which must be printed and submitted to the Executive Secretary of the CNCP, along with documentation of legal representation of the trademark owner and information on its trademarks.

Once the mark is enrolled and a representative is appointed, the authorities that seize counterfeited products will have access to this central database with information about the protection of the mark and the person of contact.

Access to this information will be made exclusively by and will be restricted to the Federal Police, Federal Highway Police, Internal Revenue Service, Customs, Federal Public Prosecutor, State Public Prosecutor, State Public Security Departments and State Criminal Institutes.

This procedure does not substitute the need to register the trademarks before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office.

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