Introduction
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) celebrated its 50th anniversary in a ceremony of 11 December 2020. At the event, the special government body of the Ministry of Economy launched the National Strategy for Intellectual Property (ENPI).
In addition, the event marked the closing ceremony of the Academic Meeting on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development, which had discussed the BPTO s strategic projects. Among the current projects are:
the Plan to Combat the Patent Backlog;
the operationalisation of the Madrid Protocol system;
the IP Digital Plan (which aims to transform BPTO services in electronic environments); and
the BPTO Business Programme (which aims to promote the generation of new IP assets by residents in Brazil).
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