Paulo Afonso Pereira - Propriedade Intelectual

The software’s registration has some particularities that categorize it as a different service from the patent deposit. First, the system’s intangibility makes the author’s confirmation a difficult task and the registration the only effective way of protection against unauthorized utilizations.

Another distinction between these two processes is the international all-inclusive. While for the patents case it is necessary to request the registration in all countries where the client desire to preserve the creation’s rights; for the software the author’s proof in one country is accepted for all the signatory nations of the International Agreements on the subject.

At the Paulo Afonso Pereira Intellectual Property both processes are treated with distinct techniques, respecting the particularities of each area. If you or your company developed or are developing an innovative system or even working in the production of an already existed product done through an original code, look for PAP and protect your rights for the exclusive production, use and commerce of your creation.

The author’s rights validity for software is 50 years, counting from 1st January of the subsequent year of the “Creations Date”. The “Creations year” is the year when the program becomes capable to work for the purpose it was projected.

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