{"id":142633,"date":"2022-04-06T15:34:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T18:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daniel-ip.com\/?p=142633"},"modified":"2023-02-03T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T20:14:00","slug":"new-brazilian-e-software-system-delivers-strong-growth-in-registrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daniel-ip.com\/en\/blog\/new-brazilian-e-software-system-delivers-strong-growth-in-registrations\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brazilian e-software system delivers strong growth in registrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Brazil, the software market is expanding rapidly. According to the recent numbers<\/a> from the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES), the national Information Technology market involved more than 49 billion dollars in 2020.<\/p>\n

In Brazil, software is mainly protected under the Software Law (Law No. 9609\/1998) and under the Copyright Law (Law No. 9610\/1998). These laws protect the authors\u2019 rights and provide important rules on the exploitation of such assets. The Brazilian Software Law provides for both civil and criminal remedies for copyright violations.<\/p>\n

Under the relevant provisions, software is protected for a period of 50 years, and the protection has international scope. The registration of software is optional, but is highly recommended as it may become vital down the line in enforcing rights against third parties, for compliance in legal tender processes, or to obtain financing, giving just a few examples.<\/p>\n

The competent authority for software registration in Brazil is the Brazilian PTO. In recent years, there has been a significant rise in the registration of software at the agency. This is partly because, in 2017, it created a new e-Software registration system. As a result, the process is now 100% digital and can be completed in less than 10 days.<\/p>\n

The INPI\u2019s new e-software registration system included various innovations to make the process faster, more agile and to create greater legal certainty (these include, for example, the use of the digital hash function to guarantee the integrity of the digital document and the use of an electronic power of attorney, which may cover diverse activities related to the INPI services in just one document).<\/p>\n

With the advance of technologies, and the new system in place, the Brazilian PTO has already recorded an increase in software registrations from 1,692 in 2017 to 3,259 in 2021, which represents an impressive increase of 92%.<\/p>\n

The new streamlined and simplified the registration procedure involves taking the following steps:<\/p>\n