REGULATION OF NATIONAL BRAND OWNER DIRECTORY

This is to inform you that on May 06, 2011, the Brazilian Official Gazette (D.O.U.) published Resolution No. 1, which establishes and regulates the National Brand Owner Directory.

This is a database to be managed by the National Council Against Piracy (CNCP), a body subordinated to the Ministry of Justice, where companies that are victims of piracy and related crimes may provide information on their brands and respective legal representatives in Brazil to make communications between Brazilian public authorities and such companies or their respective attorneys easier. 
Registration of brands and attorneys shall be made through the completion of a specific form available in the National Council Against Piracy website, which should be printed and delivered to the Executive Office of the Council, together with the documentary evidence of legal representation (specific power of attorney) of the brand owner, as well as evidences that such distinctive signs are properly registered with the National Industrial Property Institute. 
Information available in said database shall be solely and exclusively intended for consultation by public agents (employees) of the following Entities: 
• Brazilian Inland Revenue, 
• Federal Police, 
• Federal Roadway Police,
• Civil and Military Polices, 
• Federal, State and Federal District Prosecuting Counsels,
• State and Federal District Secretariats of Public Security,
• Criminology or Inspection Institutes in States and Federal District. 
Said directory represents a significant progress in fight against piracy, as that information will allow such public agents, especially those assigned to ports, airports and general borders, to clarify eventual doubts related to seized products, and the immediate location of representatives of fake brand owners. 
This way, if it is of your interest that our office will register your brands with the National Council Against Piracy and represent you to authorities referred to above with the objective of fighting eventual crimes against intellectual property and related tax evasion fiscal, please contact us at the email [email protected] to obtain the respective form of power of attorney necessary for that purpose. 
We remain at your disposal for any additional clarifications that you may need necessary. 
Atenciosamente,
David do Nascimento Advogados Associados