What is a Trademark?

.....Trademark, under the brazilian law, is a word, name or symbol which is used in trade to indicate the source of goods (Trademark) and services (Servicemark) and distinguish them from others, as well as certify compliance with technical and legal standards.
A trademark can be procured by requests to a Patent and Trademark Office, which registrates the product or service if in compliance with laws and regulations. In Brazil, the government office in charge is known as INPI .

(source: www.inpi.gov.br)

What is a Patent?

.....A patent for an invention or utility model is the grant of a temporary property right to the inventor, issued by the State to any persons to whom creation or design is attributed. In turn, the person granted must provide a comprehensive description including technical aspects of the invention. During the term of a patent grant, the right conferred is, in the languag of the statute and the grant itself, “the right to exclude others fom making, using, offering for sale, or selling”.

(source: www.inpi.gov.br)

In Brazil, applications for registration for both Trademarks and Patents may be registered with INPI. Approval and registration entry may be procured from two to seven years pursuant to applications.

EXEMPLES OF TRADEMARK AND PATENTS ALREADY REGISTERED WITH INPI - MILENIUM ELETRÔNICA LTDA:
- M MILENIUM ELETRONICA – registration number 82129673- NCL(8) 09
- M MILENIUM ELETRONICA –registration number 820594822- NCL(7) 37

TRADEMARK REQUEST AWATING APPROVAL:
- ALCOFLEX– request number 826445608

EXEMPLES OF PATENT GRANT UNDER FINAL APPROVAL - MILENIUM ELETRÔNICA LTDA:
- SPEED SOUND GAUGE – patent request number PI9901718-0 – Application: 15 April, 1999.
- ALCOFLEX– patent request number PI041495-3.

NOTE:: All the above mentioned requests are available for status check a www.inpi.gov.br Any search for the Alcoflex patent application will be fruitless, once it is still under its 18-month secrecy period – status check is then available only for INPI and the applicants themselves. It is interesting to mention that the secrecy period can be reduced to a six-month term under the applicant´s consent. Compare it with the other numbers furnished above and see the results.

A PATENT ENTRY NUMBER IS NOT THE PATENT GRANT.
IN CASE THERE MAY BE ANY COMPANY USING THE PATENT ENTRY NUMBER TO JUSTIFY ITS CLAIMS TO PATENT GRANTS, SUCH COMPANY MAY BE OVERSEEING OR BLATANTLY DISREGARDING THE RULES.