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Before filing, a design search checks whether the visual appearance of your product is genuinely new and original against Brazil's Designs Register and other published designs. Our team at Brealant gives you a clear picture before you invest in filing.
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Legal Definition of a Design Search
A design search reviews the INPI Designs Register and other publicly available design disclosures to identify designs identical or substantially similar in overall visual configuration to yours.
Purpose and Function of a Design Search
Under Law No. 9,279/1996, a registrable design (desenho industrial) must be both new and original. A search assesses this before you file, since INPI's registration process involves only a formal examination unless substantive examination is separately requested.
Protecting Your Filing Strategy
Because an unsearched design can register even if it isn't truly new, a search protects the value of the registration you'll eventually rely on if challenged.
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Contact
Reach out to Brealant, your trusted design agent in Brazil, to discuss your product.
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Search
We search the INPI Designs Register and relevant published sources.
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Quote
Receive a service quote scoped to the number of design views and product category.
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Pay
Proceed with secure payment for the selected search service.
File
We compare overall visual configuration against what's found, as an informed observer would.
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Wait
We finalise the clearance report and filing recommendation.
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Response
You receive your search report with a clear filing recommendation.
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In Brazil, a registrable design must not be identical to, or substantially similar to, a design already publicly disclosed anywhere in the world before the filing date. A search against the INPI Designs Register and other public sources is the clearest way to check this before you file.
Because Brazilian design registration doesn't involve full substantive examination at filing, an unsearched application can register even if it isn't truly new — leaving it vulnerable to being invalidated later if challenged. Brealant's search protects the value of the registration you eventually rely on.
A search significantly reduces risk, but it has real limits worth understanding
No Absolute Guarantee
No search, however thorough, can guarantee a design won't later be challenged and found invalid.
Own Prior Disclosure
Publishing or selling your own design before filing can itself destroy novelty, subject to a limited 180-day grace period.
Unpublished Applications
Very recently filed designs may not yet be visible on the public register at the time of search.
No Full Substantive Examination at Filing
Registration generally follows a formal check only — a search doesn't replace requested examination for enforceability.
Foreign Rights
A Brazilian search does not clear your design for registration in other countries.
Brealant explains these limits clearly in every search report, so you know exactly what comfort the search gives you.
A thorough Brazilian design search reviews multiple sources to protect your filing decision. Our search covers
The Designs Register
Registered and recently filed designs on the INPI Designs Register.
Published Disclosures
Other publicly available design disclosures, including prior product releases.
Overall Visual Configuration
Comparison of shape, ornamental pattern, and overall visual configuration against what's found.
Multiple Product Views
All representations you intend to file, assessed together as the overall design.
Partnering with Brealant means every relevant source is checked before you commit to filing.
A design search typically involves
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Briefing
You provide images or drawings of the product's design features.
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Searching
We search the INPI Designs Register and relevant published sources.
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Comparison
We assess overall visual configuration against what's found, as an informed observer would.
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Reporting
You receive a clearance report with a filing recommendation.
A standard Brazilian design search and clearance report is typically completed within 3 to 7 business days, depending on the product category.
Search costs are modest compared to the cost of registering a design later found invalid
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Charged as a fixed professional fee, scoped to the number of design views and the product category.
A written comparison and filing recommendation, included in the search fee.
Brealant explains these limits clearly in every search report, so you know exactly what comfort the search gives you.
If the search is clear, Brealant can move straight into preparing your design application. If it reveals risk, we'll advise on how to adjust the design or filing strategy to keep your project moving forward.
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No, but it substantially reduces the risk of registering a design that's later found invalid if challenged.
The design must not be identical to, or substantially similar to, a design already publicly disclosed anywhere in the world before the filing (or priority) date, and must have a distinctive visual configuration compared to other objects.
Yes, Brealant reviews all representations you intend to file to check the overall design.
Yes — publishing or selling your own design before filing can affect novelty, though Brazil offers a 180-day grace period for the designer's own prior disclosure, so timing matters and we'll flag this.
A standard search and clearance report is typically completed within 3 to 7 business days, depending on the product category.
Brealant quotes a fixed fee for a standard clearance report once we understand your product category and the representations you plan to file.
Yes, we search using the relevant Locarno Classification categories for your product, and extend the search to related categories where useful.
Yes, since novelty and originality are assessed against disclosures made anywhere in the world, not just in Brazil, our search isn't limited to the domestic database.
Yes, requesting a search doesn't require a Brazilian address — only filing the resulting application requires a locally domiciled agent, which Brealant provides.
Yes, a distinctive shape or packaging can sometimes qualify for both design and trademark protection, so it's worth checking both registers where relevant.
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