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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (2010) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 11.484 of May 31, 2007 (Integrated Circuit Topographies) (2007) Law No. 10.753 of October 30, 2003 (National Book Policy) (2003) Law No. 10.196 of February 14, 2001 (Amendments to the Law on Industrial Property) (2001) Law No. 9.279 of May 14, 1996 (Industrial Property Law) (2001) Law No. 9.609 of February 19, 1998 on the Protection of Intellectual Property of Software, its Commercialization in the Country, and Other Provisions (1998) Law No. 9.610 of February 19, 1998 on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (1998) Law No. 5.648 of December 11, 1970 (National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)) (1998) Law No. 9.456 of April 28, 1997 establishing the Plant Variety Protection Law and enacting other Measures (1997) INPI Normative Act No. 131 of April 23, 1997 (Trademark Registration Procedure) (1997) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law No. 5.869 of January 11, 1973 (Code of Civil Procedure) (2011) Law No. 10.973 of December 2, 2004 (Innovation and Research in Science and Technology) (2010) Law No. 10.406 of January 10, 2002 (Civil Code) (2010) Law No. 8.383 of December 30, 1991 (Fiscal Reference Unit & Income Tax) (2010) Law No. 5.700 of September 1, 1971 (National Symbols) (2009) Law No. 11.105 of March 24, 2005 (Biosafety Law) (2007) Law No. 8.884 of June 11, 1994 (Antitrust Law) (2007) Law No. 4.131 of September 3, 1962 (Foreign Capital Law) (2006) Law No. 3.470 of November 28, 1958 (Income Tax Law) (2001) Law No. 4.506 of November 30, 1964 (Tax Law) (1997) Law No. 8.955 of December 15, 1994 (Franchising Law) (1994) Legislative Decree No. 30 of 1994 (Approval of the Final Act of the Uruguay Round) (1994) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Decree-Law No. 3.689 of October 3, 1941 (Code of Criminal Procedure) (2011) Decree No. 7.356 of November 12, 2010 (Organisational Structure of the Institute of Industrial Property) (2010) Decree-Law No. 2.848 of December 7, 1940 (Penal Code) (2010) Ordinance No. 101 of 12 May 2009 (INPI's Service Fees) (2009) Decree No. 6.590 of October 1, 2008 (Penalties for Infractions Committed in Cinematographic Activities) (2008) Ordinance MDIC/GM No. 130 of June 11, 2008 (Approval of Internal Rules of the INPI) (2008) Ordinance No. 52 of October 8, 2007 (Program for Promotion and Valorisation of Cultural Expression and Identity of Indigenous Peoples) (2007) Ordinance No. 85 of April 10, 2006 (Approval of the Internal Regulation of the Department Agricultural Cooperative Development) (2006) Ordinance No. 38 of February 7, 2006 (Approval of the Internal Regulation of the National Laboratory of Analysis, Characterization and Differentiation of Plant Varieties (LADIC)) (2006) Decree No. 5.459 of June 7, 2005 (Genetic Heritage & Traditional Knowledge) (2005) Decree No. 5.244 of October 14, 2004 (National Council on Combating Piracy and Intellectual Property Crimes (CNCP)) (2005) Decree No. 4.830 of September 4, 2003 (Compulsory Licenses in Cases of National Emergency and Public Interest) (2003) Decree No. 4.829 of September 3, 2003 (Brazilian Internet Management Committee (CGI.Br)) (2003) Decree No. 5.762 of February 17, 1965 (Foreign Capital) (2003) Decree No. 4.533 of December 19, 2002 (Phonograms) (2002) Provisional Act No. 2.186-16, dated August 23, 2001 (Genetic Heritage & Traditional Knowledge) (2001) Decree No. 3.551 of August 4, 2000 (The Register of Brazilian Intangible Cultural Heritage) (2000) Decree No. 3.201 of October 6, 1999 (Compulsory Licenses in Cases of National Emergency and Public Interest) (1999) Decree No. 3.000 of March 26, 1999 (Income Tax Regulations) (1999) Decree No. 2.556 of April 20, 1998 (Protection of Intellectual Property of Software) (1998) Decree No. 2.553 of April 16, 1998 (Implementation of Articles 75, 88 to 93 of Law No. 9.279 of May 14, 1996 on Industrial Property) (1998) Decree No. 2.366 of November 5, 1997 (Plant Variety Protection) (1997) INPI Normative Act No. 129/97 of March 5, 1997 (Industrial Design Registration Procedures) (1997) Decree-Law No. 980 of October 20, 1969 (Collection of Copyright Fees for Cinematograph Exhibitions) (1969) Decree-Law No. 37 of November 18, 1966 (1966) Ordinance MF No. 436/58 (1958) Decree-Law No. 25, November 30, 1937 (Protection of the National Historical and Artistic Heritage) (1937)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) INPI Resolution No. 263/2011 of January 28, 2011 (Quality Management System of the Trademark Directorate) (2011) INPI Normative Act No. 159/2001 (Service Marks Application Forms) (2011) INPI Resolution No. 249/10 (Form of Applications in the Area of Industrial Designs) (2010) Central Bank Resolution No. 3.844/10 (Electronic Declaratory Registration) (2010) INPI Resolution No. 231/09 (Registration of Software) (2009) INPI Resolution No. 211/09 (Fees for Services Provided by the INPI) (2009) INPI Resolution No. 207/09 (Patent Application) (2009) INPI Resolution No. 201/2009 (Technical Documentation in Electronic Format for the Registration of Software) (2009) INPI Operational Rule No. 01/09 (Application for Certificate of Addition of Invention in the DIRPA) (2009) INPI Resolution No. 204/2009 (Sets the Values of the Fees of Registration Services of Computer Programs) (2009) INPI Resolution No. 191/08 (Priority Right for Patent Application) (2008) INPI Resolution No. 187/08 of September 23, 2008 (Procedures for Registration of Topographies) (2008) INPI Resolution No. 190/08 of September 23, 2008 (Application Form for Registration of Topographies) (2008) INPI Resolution No. 163/2007 (Amendment to Applications for Trademark Registration) (2007) INPI Resolution No. 144/07 (Application for Trademarks Registration) (2007) INPI Resolution No. 135/2006 (Deposit of Patent Application) (2006) INPI Resolution No. 132/06 (Priority Right for Patent Application) (2006) INPI Resolution No. 126/2006 (Electronic System for Management of Industrial Property) (2006) INPI Resolution No. 127/2006 (Establishes the Module MARKS Electronic System of Industrial Property Management) (2006) INPI Resolution No. 128/06 (User's Manual e-MARKS Module and e-INPI) (2006) INPI Resolution No. 124/2006 (Procedures for Payment of Annual Fees of Patents) (2006) Normative Instruction SRF No. 040 of April 9, 1999 (Customs Clearance of Cultural Goods) (2006) INPI Resolution No. 118/2005 (Voluntary Assistance for Technical Examination of Patents) (2005) INPI Resolution No. 117/05 (Electronic Journal of Industrial Property) (2005) INPI Resolution No. 116/04 (Applications for Return Requests of the INPI) (2004) INPI Resolution No. 111/04 (A Specific Fee Change for Software Registration) (2004) INPI Resolution No. 094/2003 (Transfer of Technology) (2003) INPI Normative Act No. 161 of June 10, 2002 (Registration of Industrial Designs) (2002) INPI Normative Act No. 160/2001 (User guide of the Trademark Directorate) (2001) INPI Resolution No. 077/2001 (Amendment to Resolution No. 076/2000) (2001) INPI Resolution No. 076/2000 (Adoption of the International Classification of Industrial Designs) (2000) INPI Normative Act No. 158/00 (Submission of Application for Registration of Contracts and Invoices) (2000) Decision No. 9/00 (Tax on Income of Corporations) (2000) INPI Normative Act No. 155/00 (Application Forms for Registration of Technology Transfer) (2000) Declaratory Act No. 1/00 (Tax Treatment) (2000) Normative Act No. 150/99 (International Classification of Goods and Services) (1999) INPI Resolution No. 58/98 (Rules and Procedures for Registration of Software) (1998) INPI Resolution No. 59/98 (Fees for Registration of Software) (1998) INPI Normative Act No. 137 (Records of expressions and advertising signs) (1997) INPI Normative Act No. 135/97 (Registration of Franchising and Technology Transfer Contracts) (1997) INPI Normative Act No. 127/97 of March 5, 1997 (Patent Application Procedures) (1997) INPI Normative Act No. 128/97 (Implementation of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)) (1997) INPI Normative Act No. 130/97 (Patents Application Forms) (1997) INPI Normative Act No. 126/96 (Deposit of Patents) (1996) INPI Normative Act No. 117/93 (Processing of Patents) (1993)

Geographical Indications	Laws / Regulations (Date of current version) Decree No. 4062 of December 21, 2001 (Cachaça from Brazil) (2001) INPI Resolution No. 075 of November 28, 2000 (Registration of Geographical Indications) (2000) INPI Normative Act No. 134 of April 15, 1997 (Registration of Geographical Indications) (1997)

Treaty Approvals	Laws / Decrees (Date of current version) Decree No. 6.177 of 1 August 2007 (Promulgation of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions) (2007) Decree No. 5.753 of April 12, 2006 Promulgating the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, adopted in Paris on October 17, 2003, and signed on November 3, 2003. (2006) Decree No. 3.109 of June 30, 1999 (Promulgation of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) (1999) Legislative Decree No. 28 of 1999 (Approval of the UPOV Convention) (1999) Decree No. 1.355 of December 30, 1994 (Promulgation of the Final Act of the Uruguay Round) (1994) Decree No. 80.978 of 12/12/77 (Promulgation of the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage) (1977) Legislative Decree No. 74 of 1977 (Approval of the Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage) (1977) Decree No. 76.905 of December 24, 1975 (Promulgation of the Universal Convention on Copyright) (1975) Decree No. 76.906 of 24 December 1975 (Promulgation of the Phonograms Convention) (1975) Decree No. 75.699 of May 6, 1975 (Promulgation of the Bern Convention) (1975) Decree No. 75.572 of April 8, 1975 (Promulgation of the Paris Convention) (1975) Decree No. 75.541 of March 31, 1975 (Promulgation of the WIPO Convention) (1975) Decree No. 57.125 of October 19, 1965 (Promulgation of the Rome Convention) (1965) Decree No. 26.675 of 18 May 1949 (Promulgation of the Inter-American Copyright Convention) (1949)

IP Legal Literature	Guidelines for Examination of Patents (2002) Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications in the areas of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Filed after December 31, 1994 (1994)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Program-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite ... Patent Law Treaty ... Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks ... Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (August 10, 1984) Patent Cooperation Treaty (April 9, 1978) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (November 28, 1975) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (October 7, 1975) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (March 20, 1975) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (September 29, 1965) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (February 9, 1922) Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (October 3, 1896) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (July 7, 1884) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States ... Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (April 1, 2013) Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (February 28, 2010) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (August 31, 2008) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (August 31, 2008) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (April 16, 2007) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (August 20, 2006) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (June 1, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 1, 2006) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (December 23, 2005) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (September 14, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (February 22, 2004) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (May 23, 1999) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (November 11, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (May 29, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (May 29, 1994) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (November 5, 1992) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (November 5, 1992) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (April 24, 1992) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (December 1, 1977) Protocol 1 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of Stateless persons and refugees (December 11, 1975) Protocol 2 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations (December 11, 1975) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (December 11, 1975) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (May 16, 1973) Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention to works of stateless persons and refugees (January 13, 1960) Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention the works of certain international organizations (January 13, 1960) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (January 13, 1960) Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention (October 13, 1959) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (December 12, 1958) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (December 12, 1958) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (December 29, 1957) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (December 29, 1957) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (December 29, 1957) Protocol on Uniformity of Powers of Attorney which are to be Utilized Abroad (September 6, 1940) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) General Inter-American Convention for Trade Mark and Commercial Protection ... Inter-American Convention on the Rights of the Author in Literary, Scientific and Artistic Works (May 9, 1949) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitution of the Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Latin America and the Caribbean (October 28, 1994) Treaty establishing a Common Market between the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay (November 29, 1991) Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (May 25, 1991) Treaty establishing the Latin American Integration Association (February 14, 1982) Panama Convention establishing the Latin American Economic System (SELA) (July 7, 1976) Protocol Relating to Trade Negotiations Among Developing Countries Agreement (February 11, 1973)

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