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Brazil's Fast-Track Programme for‘Green’Patents now Permanent

2016/12/15

The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) has reportedly made its fast-track programme for ‘green’ patents permanent.
Law firm Di Blasi, Parente & Associados?released a statement about the INPI’s move on December 13.
The Brazil-based law firm said that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and INPI had run a pilot programme for expedited patent examination for technologies for alternative energy, transportation, conservation and waste management since 2012.
A number of IP offices have adopted measures to fast-track green patent applications, and the first programme was established in the UK, in 2009.
The main aim of the programmes is to encourage innovation in the green technology sector by accelerating sustainable licensing and development of new technologies.

Source: WIPR




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