SMEs fret over Portuguese Code update
05 September 2008
Stephen Mulrenan, London
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are likely to be most affected by the fifth round of amendments to the Portuguese Industrial Property Code, which are due to come into force on October 1
According to J Pereira da Cruz shareholder Jorge Cruz, SMEs will be most interested in the alterations, as they will require companies to prepare application materials more quickly.
“They are trying to make things faster than they are now,” Cruz told Managing IP . “This will not be so much of a problem for larger, more organised companies.”
Published on July 25, Decree-Law 143/2008 is a statute altering the mechanisms for the protection and access to industrial property in Portugal....
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