QUESTIONNAIRE
Module 5: IPR in Paraguay for EU SMEs
1. As regards Paraguay imports-exports:
a) EU imports mainly manufactured products, such as vehicles,
machines and chemical and pharmaceutical products from Paraguay.
b) EU exports from Paraguay consisted mainly of agricultural products.
c) Packaged medicines are not significantly imported by EU.
2. DINAPI (Dirección Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual) is competent:
a) For the registration of the whole range of Intellectual IP Rights.
b) For the registration of the whole range of Intellectual IP Rights, except
Plant Varieties and Copyright.
c) For the registration of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Geographical
Indications, Appellations of Origin and Utility Models, but not for
Patents.
3. Among the International Treaties:
a) Paraguay ratified the UPOV 91 Convention for Plant Varieties
protection.
b) Paraguay is part of the PCT, but is not a contracting party to the
Madrid System (Trade Marks) nor The Hague Agreement (Designs).
c) None of the above.
4. Which of these statements is correct?
a) Paraguay has not granted a patent since 1999.
b) 100% of the Trademarks, patens, utility models and industrial
applications granted were from Residents.
c) In Paraguay, 800 applications were pending of examination at the
end of 2010.
5. What is the duration the protection of a computer program owned
by a company?
a) 70 years from the date of publication.
b) All the lifetime of the author and 50 years after the author´s demise.
c) All the lifetime of the author and 70 years after the author´s demise.
6. When registering an Intellectual Property Right:
a) Foreign applicants must always appoint a local qualified
representative (IP agent).
b) Foreign applicants need to appoint a local legal representative except
for Copyright works and computer programs registration.
c) Foreign applicants do not need to appoint a local legal representative,
except for computer programs registration.
7. According to Paraguayan regulation, the duration of a Utility
Model’s protection is:
a) 20 years from the filing date.
b) 10 years from the granting date.
c) 10 years from the filing date.
8. In Paraguay, patent applications can be filed:
a) Electronically, by post or at the DINAPI offices.
b) Electronically or at the DINAPI offices.
c) At the DINAPI offices
9. If an invention is disclosed before the patent application date:
a) It would be rejected for lack of novelty.
b) It could be patented, provided that the inventor or the successors
disclosed it within the previous 12 months since Paraguayan Law
provides for a 1-year grace period.
c) It could be patented, as long as the disclosure took place in a PCT
signatory country.
10. With regards the patentability requirements:
a) Patents must be new, inventive and have industrial applicability, while
Utility Models must be new and have industrial applicability.
b) The analysis of the inventiveness is less demanding in case of Utility
Models.
c) Both Patents and Utility Models must imply an inventive step and
have industrial applicability.
11. Industrial Design protection lasts:
a) 15 years from the filing date.
b) 5 years from the filing date of the application, that can be renewed for
two consecutive periods of equal duration.
c) 10 years from the filing date, with the possibility to renew it for 5 years
more.
12. What type of trademarks can you register in Paraguay?
a) Word, figurative and combined trademarks.
b) Any sign, including tactile, taste and smell marks.
c) Word, figurative and combined trademarks, plus sound marks and
three-dimensional marks.
13. If you want to register your trademark in Paraguay to protect
products in different classes of products and services:
a)
b)
c)
You just need to file a single trademark application, since the
trademark application system in Uruguay is a multiclass one.
It is not possible to protect products from different classes under the
same trademark.
You should apply for a one-class trademark registration for each
class of products intended to protect.
14. The duration of a trademark in Uruguay is:
a) 10 years from the filing date.
b) 10 years from the filing date, but it can be indefinitely renewed for
consecutive ten-years periods.
c) 10 years from the granting date, but it can be indefinitely renewed for
consecutive ten-years periods.
15. Which statement is correct?
a) There is no voluntary registration of IPR holders in Paraguay, but
Custom Authorities check the DINAPI database regularly.
b) Paraguayan Customs Authorities provide with a voluntary registration
of IPR holders (RAM).
c) The voluntary registration of IPR holders is available in English and
Spanish.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONNAIRE M05 (PARAGUAY)
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