This Friday, June 26, the BRPTO released un update to its Industrial Design Manual. Changes concern improved guidance related to:

• Requesting copies of documents;
• Proof of union priority rights obtained through assignment.

The Office also updated the information related to the attachments of briefs replying to BRPTO’s office actions, including the following details:

• Requesting annotation of transfer of ownership, by assignment, relating to an application or registration of an industrial design.

As informed in a previous Client Alert, the notice of the update to the Industrial Design Manual is available here.

For more information on this subject, please contact us by e-mail at info@lickslegal.com. We will gladly assist you.