Brazil and the United Kingdom present results of the partnership in IP

INPI celebrated on Friday, March 18, the results of the partnership of about 2 million Pounds with the United Kingdom in an event that brought together representatives of both governments. The appeal was used through the program “An intellectual property office for the 21st century”, which aimed to modernize the INPI’s internal processes and systems in five areas: Quality Management System, Process Management System, Service Pricing Policy, Information Technology (IT) Strategy, and HR Strategy.

After two years, the program delivered to INPI an in-depth mapping of eight macro processes of the institution. The final result is the proposal of 915 improvement actions in work processes and activities that may generate positive impacts on the services to the citizens.

The suggestions include a tariff simulator developed for four of INPI’s services and measures to improve information technology management (such as the creation of regulations for the IT Governance and Security Committees, and specifications that consolidate the catalog of 168 existing services). These and other deliveries shall support INPI in being an increasingly efficient intellectual property office.

The great ambition of the program, which began in 2020, was to consolidate INPI as a globally renowned intellectual property office. And the initiative is already having an effect. In January this year, the portal World Trademark Review (WTR), a reference in global data analysis about trademark management, released the latest ranking of the most innovative intellectual property institutes in the world. INPI moved from number 41 in the 2018 ranking to the current number 6 among the 60 institutes analyzed. Brazil shares the 6th position with Australia and Chile.

INPI’s president, Cláudio Vilar Furtado, highlighted the relevance of the results that are being implemented:

- This project was a cultural revolution for the organization, which leaves an important legacy for INPI – says the president of the Institute.

The program was delivered in close partnership with the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO), which also celebrated the results achieved.

- Our cooperation with INPI is long-standing and it makes us very proud to see that the Institute is in tune with the challenges of the 21st century. The protection of the intellectual property is essential for innovation. More intellectual property protection means more innovation and more investments for Brazil – says Angélica Garcia, the UK intellectual property attaché in Brazil.

The project also leaves an important legacy for gender inclusion and equity, with the creation of the Strategic Committee for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion at INPI, which shall lead the actions on this theme.

- We deliver a detailed analysis of the challenges faced by women and other vulnerable groups in achieving protection of their intellectual rights in Brazil and abroad. Lack of information and lack of incentive to protect their intellectual rights are barriers that disproportionately affect these groups when it comes to innovating and that need to be specifically addressed – says Elizabetta Albernaz, director of the British government’s program.

With information provided by the Embassy of the United Kingdom