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IP/N/1/BRA/P/5  
 
14 November  2019 
(19-7795)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
BRAZIL : RESOLUTION 240  
Notifying Member  BRAZIL  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Resolution 240  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2019/IP/BRA/19_5861_00_e.pdf  
(in English and Portuguese)  
 
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Regulates the preliminary requirements for a patent deposit for an invention whose examination is 
pending and for which no searches were carried out by Patent Offices of other countries, 
International or Regional Organizations.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English , Portuguese  
Entry into force  1 August 2019  
Other date    IP/N/1/BRA/3 • IP/N/1/BRA/P/5  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  16 October 2019  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  INPI 
http://www.inpi.gov.br/  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.                                                  