Portugal. Intellectual Property and Antitrust

Tânia Luísa Faria, Margot Lopes Martins, Filipa Lima de Matos.

In Portugal, the main legal framework regulating competition law matters is the Portuguese Competition Act (the Competition Act), which was last revised in 2012 and further amended in 2022 by Law No. 17/2022. The main legal instrument regulating intellectual property (IP) is the Industrial Property Code (IPC), which was last revised in January 2021. The relevant European Union (EU) regulations, including EU Regulations No. 2022/720 (the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)), No. 2023/1066 (the R&D agreements), No. 2023/1067 (the specialisation agreements) and No. 316/2014 (the Technology Transfer Block Exemption (TTBER)), are directly applicable in Portugal. Additionally, the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC) and national courts may also rely on approaches included in the European Commission (EC) guidelines, as well as in the case law and decision practice at the EU level.

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Tânia Luísa Faria

Counsel Lisbon
tanialuisa.faria@uria.com
+351213583018

Other publications

Portugal. Public Competition Enforcement
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Tânia Luísa Faria, Margot Lopes Martins, Guilherme Neves Lima. In In-Depth Public Competition Enforcement. Lexology, 16th ed. Aidan Synnott (Editor). London: Law Business Research, 2024
Are competition authorities planning to rule the world? New and expanded approaches to merger control
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Margot Lopes Martins, Inés Pajares de Dios Tarancón. Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, n.º 64, 2024
Portugal. Cartels and Leniency
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Tânia Luísa Faria, Margot Lopes Martins, Afonso Marques dos Santos. In In-Depth Cartels and Leniency. Lexology, 12th ed. Romina Polley (Editor), Julian Alexander Sanner (Editor). London: Law Business Research, 2024
Portugal. The Foreign Investment Regulation Review
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João Pacheco Ferreira, Margot Lopes Martins, Tânia Luísa Faria. In The Foreign Investment Regulation Review, 11th ed. calvin S. Goldman QC (Editor), Alex Potter (Editor). London: Law Business Research, 2023
¿Cómo opera la protección del trade dress en la industria de la moda? Un análisis de derecho comparado

Filipa Lima de Matos, Francisco Javier García, Charles P. Lapolla, Gonzalo Mesalles Garau, Joana Mota, Mónica Riva. In 20 cuestiones clave sobre el derecho de la moda. Isabel Antón Juárez (Director). Las Rozas (Madrid): Aranzadi, 2024

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