INPI Brazil and the EUIPO sign a MoU for cooperation

Cláudio Furtado, President of INPI, and Christian Archambeau, EUIPO's Executive Director, both met on May 31 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for the following 4 years between the institutions. 

- On Behalf of EUIPO, Mr Archambeau stressed the importance of INPI to finalise the integration of Designclass and the Harmonised Database (HDB).

- The second phase of IP Key Latin America was discussed to carry out activities with INPI.

- The meeting also addressed the implementation of the new AL-INVEST project, which seeks to achieve greater use and effectiveness of IP rights, particularly in Mercosur countries, to boost research cooperation opportunities and stimulate competitiveness and innovation within a framework of sustainable development, including “green” innovation.

Would you like to read more on this new MoU?

To read more (in Portuguese), please refer to the INPI's website.