Course Basics
- Venue - INPI, Lisbon
- Date - October 14-25
- Language - Portuguese
- Open to - Patent examiners and officials from the relevant Ministry
- Application Form
WIPO/INPI Training Course on Industrial Property
This training course is organized in cooperation with the Portuguese National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI).
Content and Structure
- patents and utility models: regional conventions; examination procedures; management procedures; and appeals and litigation;
- industrial designs: requirements for protection; differentiation among designs, relationship with other IPRs; procedures for granting national, EU and international protection; litigation and practical exercises;
- management and enforcement of rights: EU-Administered Legislation, enforcement and appeals - INPI/IGAE Collaboration;
- trademarks: examinations for inclusion in the national register; system of international trademark registration; national database;
- management and enforcement of rights: EU-Administered Legislation, enforcement and appeals - INPI/IGAE Collaboration;
- practical exercises;
- objectives and role of documentation service in the field of IP;
- management of IP literature and documentation: publication of catalogue, industrial property bulletin, implementation of a digital library.
