National Industrial Property Institute (Portugal)

National Industrial Property Institute
INPI
Agency overview
Formed1976
Preceding agency
  • Industrial Property Agency
HeadquartersLisbon, Portugal
Employees104
Agency executive
  • Maria Leonor Trindade, President of the Directive Council
Parent agencyMinistry of Justice
Websitewww.inpi.pt

The National Industrial Property Institute or the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property, in Portuguese Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial, known also by its acronym INPI, is the Portuguese office which deals with the protection of trademarks, patents, utility models and industrial design. Its headquarters is in downtown Lisbon.