In this page: Business Contract | Intellectual Property | Legal Framework of Business | International Dispute Resolution
For copyright: the Portuguese Authors' Society. For other bodies involved in managing copyright, consult this list.
Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
---|---|---|
Patent Industrial Property Code, Decree- Act n° 16/95 24 January 1995 |
20 years |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
Trademark Industrial Property Code, Decree- Act n° 16/95 24 January 1995 |
10 years |
Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
Design Industrial Property Code, Decree- Act n° 16/95 24 January 1995 |
25 years | |
Copyright 'Código Direitos de autor' (Copyright Code) |
70 years after the death of its author, or after the most recent death of its authors |
Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
As the French legal model inspired the Portuguese model, there are considerable similarities between the two. In addition to France, there are parallels with other countries whose law has also come from the Roman system of law.
Accounting Regulations | The 4th Community Directive The 7th Community Directive DL Nºs 410/89 e 238/91 |
Contract and property law | Código Civil (Civil Code) |
Customs law | Código alfandegario (Customs Code) |
Consumer law | Lei de defesa do consumidor (law for the defense of the consumer) |
Company law | Código das Sociedades Comerciais (Commercial companies Code), Código Civil (Civil Code), Direito Bancário (banking law), Direito Fiscal (tax law) |
Investment law | Código do Investimento (Investment Code) |
Labor law | Lei do trabalho (Labour law) |
Disputes with the State, the Administration, local administration | Tribunal Administrativo, Tribunal Superior Administrativo (administrative tribunals) |
Disputes relative to work contracts, disputes between employers and employees | Tribunal do Trabalho, Secção de Trabalho do tribunal de 2ª instância (labor tribunal, Labor section of the tribunal of 2nd instance). |
Commercial disputes | Tribunais de Arbitragem , tribunais de 1ª instancia, secção comércio, Tribunal da Relação, Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Arbitration Tribunals, Tribunal of 1st instance, Commerce section, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal) |
Third party liability and insurance, civil status of persons, real estate | Tribunal de 1ª instância, Tribunal da Relação, Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Tribunal of 1st instance, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal) |
Criminal liability (bankruptcy, misappropriation of funds, complicity, etc.) | Tribunal de Comarca, Tribunal de Círculo, Tribunal de Relação (secção penal), Supremo tribunal de Justiça, secção criminal (Tribunal of 1st instance for the smallest territorial legal unit, Tribunal of 1st instance for the largest territorial legal unit, Court of Appeal, penal section, Supreme Court of Appeal, criminal section) |
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