With the purpose of stimulating management and improving its operating performance, Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) announced the convocation of 70 new public servants.
70 new public servants will be hired, being 50 for the position of Researcher in Industrial Property and 20 for the position of Technologist in Industrial Property.
This measure is intended to strengthen and accelerate the examinations of Trademarks and Patents in Brazil.
“Even in times of economic adjustment, it is necessary to provide conditions for the productive sector to advance. The examination of trademarks and patents has to be done in a time compatible with international practices. Our management is strongly committed to the reduction of bottlenecks and the modernization of INPI, and the appointments of the authorized reserve records are another big step in this Direction” – said Marcos Pereira
In turn, the BPTO president, Luiz Otávio Pimentel, pointed out that the entry of the new employees will have a positive impact on the Institute’s services and will not generate a public deficit, since there is a forecast of an increase in revenues and there have been exonerations and retirements since the last recruitment.
“The appointment, even if reduced to the need of personnel, was necessary to equate the structural problems of the BPTO, providing the best service of the business sector and of society with regard to the acts of our legal competence. Considering the current economic constraints of the Brazilian Government, the expenses arising from the entry of these new employees will not imply an increase in the public deficit, since the entrance of the bankrupt may be absorbed by the Institute, in view of the expected increase in BPTO revenues and also the reduction Of staff caused by the exemptions and retirements since 2013, when there was the last entry of servers. Since then, there have been more than 190 exonerations and retirements” said the president of INPI.
Written by Dra. Clécia Bruna Diniz Pereira , Lawyer of Peduti Sociedade de Advogados.
