On April 14, 2026, the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI) updated the Official Industrial Property Gazette to include INPI/PR Normative Acts No. 066/2026 and No. 067/2026. Both acts shall take effect on May 1, 2026.
No. 066 specifies the applicable scope of expedited examination, and No. 067 establishes the quota system for Phase II of the pilot program.
Applicable Scope of Expedited Examination
The new rules cover diversified market entities and public scenarios, focusing on supporting applications in innovation, e-commerce, public interest and other types, mainly including:
Opponents claiming priority in trademark opposition proceedings and trademark applicants opposed;
Entities applying for public financial funds on the premise of trademark registration;
Parties involved in federal or state trademark judicial litigation;
Trademark applications corresponding to products and services covered by INPI prioritized patents;
Statutory scientific and technological innovation institutions and legally recognized startups;
Trademark applications generated from INPI specialized mentoring programs;
Entities in public interests, national emergencies or national government projects recognized by federal executive orders;
Applicants entering e-commerce platforms on the premise of trademark registration;
Applications filed by traditional ethnic communities, family agricultural cooperatives and their legal representatives;
Domestic Brazilian applications for Madrid international registration with Brazil as the office of origin;
Entities domiciled, applying for or registering trademarks in countries that have signed reciprocal expedited examination agreements with Brazil;
Relevant applications of entities obtaining public permits, authorizations and concessions on the premise of trademark registration.
Quota Management
To ensure the orderly operation of the pilot program, INPI implements quota management with the following core rules:
Total annual quota: 3,000 expedited examination applications available in 2026;
Phased allocation: Two cycles (May 1–August 31 / September 1–December 31), 1,500 applications each cycle;
Minimum acceptance of 100 applications for each type of priority application per cycle;
Application limit: Maximum 10 priority applications per applicant per cycle;
Allocation principle: Applications are sorted by submission date, and acceptance shall be suspended when the quota is full;
Applications that do not meet the conditions or exceed the quota shall automatically return to the standard examination process.
Practical Reminders
Quotas are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligible entities are advised to plan and submit applications as early as possible;
INPI will publish monthly application statistics on the official platform for enterprises to track.
With the continuous optimization of Brazil’s trademark examination mechanism, overseas enterprises can take advantage of this expedited examination policy to improve the efficiency of brand layout and consolidate intellectual property barriers in the Latin American market.
Source：https://www.gov.br/inpi/pt-br/central-de-conteudo/noticias/inpi-atualiza-secao-i-comunicados-da-rpi-2884
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