From 1 September 2026, Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) is taking requests in the second four-month window of its pilot for INPI Brazil priority examination of trademark files. The window offers 1,500 places until 31 December, with a cap of 10 per applicant. With ordinary applications taking 14 to 20 months, the fast track matters to companies in opposition or court disputes, marketplace sellers, start-ups and Brazilian applicants using their mark as a Madrid base.
Update (October 2026): the INPI has blocked new fee slips (GRU code 3020) for the “virtual marketplace platform” modality because its quota for the September to December window has been used up. Press reports dated 8 September said issuance had closed on 1 September and that a third phase of the pilot is under discussion. INPI, Trâmite prioritário de marcas (updated 1 October 2026); Portal Contnews (8 September 2026).
Key takeaways
- The second 2026 window runs from 1 September to 31 December 2026, with 1,500 requests and at least 100 reserved for each modality.
- Places go by date and time of filing, and every request filed counts against the quota, even if it is refused.
- The paid track costs BRL 890, or BRL 445 for micro and small businesses; a separate free track has no quota.
- The Madrid modality only helps applicants who use the INPI as their office of origin.
What is INPI Brazil priority examination for trademarks?
It is a separate queue. A trademark application or petition that meets one of the listed conditions is examined ahead of the ordinary backlog. It does not guarantee registration: the mark is still examined on its merits. If the priority request is refused, the application simply stays in the normal queue, and you can file a new request with fresh evidence (Portaria INPI/PR 67/2026, Article 9).
The INPI service page describes two tracks:
- Free track (GRU 3019): for people aged 60 or over, people with disabilities or serious illnesses, and companies in the Inova Simples regime. No quota applies.
- Strategic and public-policy track (GRU 3020): BRL 890, with a 50% discount (BRL 445) for micro-enterprises, individual micro-entrepreneurs, small businesses, teaching and research institutions and public bodies. This is the track subject to quotas.
In an article of 14 April 2026, the firm SMABR reported that ordinary applications were taking about 14 to 20 months, while the INPI was taking about 34 days to decide on a priority request.
How do the 2026 quotas work?
Ordinances 66 and 67 of 10 April 2026, published in the INPI’s Industrial Property Journal on 14 April and in force since 1 May, set up Phase II of the pilot. Portaria 67 sets the quota rules:
| Rule | Detail |
|---|---|
| Total for 2026 | 3,000 requests |
| Windows | 1 May to 31 August and 1 September to 31 December 2026, with 1,500 each |
| Minimum per modality | 100 requests per window; the rest are open to any modality |
| Cap per applicant | 10 priority requests |
| Allocation | By date and time of filing; refused requests still count |
| When the quota runs out | New requests are not accepted |
Who qualifies for priority examination?
Portaria INPI/PR 66/2026 lists 13 modalities. These are the ones most relevant to companies:
- Opposition disputes: an opponent relying on prior use under Article 129(1) of the Industrial Property Law, or an applicant facing such an opposition.
- Court proceedings: a party to federal or state litigation involving the mark (writs of mandamus excluded), with evidence naming the sign.
- Marketplaces: an applicant that needs the registration to sell on a virtual marketplace platform, with evidence that the platform requires a registered mark.
- Start-ups and science, technology and innovation institutions (ICTs) as defined by law.
- Public funding, permits and concessions: where the registration is a condition for releasing public money or for an administrative authorisation.
- Madrid: the holder of a base application linked to an international application with the INPI as office of origin.
- Reciprocity: applicants domiciled in, or with a mark in, a country that has a priority-processing reciprocity agreement with Brazil, with quotas set in each agreement.
The others cover patents with priority examination, INPI mentoring, national emergencies and government programmes, and traditional or family-farming communities.
What this means for your business
- Check whether a pending Brazilian application fits a modality. Opposition, litigation and marketplace cases are the most common for foreign brands.
- Prepare the evidence in Portuguese before the window opens, because places go in filing order.
- Decide which files matter most, since each applicant has only 10 requests.
- If you designated Brazil through Madrid, take advice. The Madrid modality covers Brazilian base applications, but the Dreyfus firm noted on 27 August 2026 that once the national file has been created, priority may in principle be requested on another ground.
If Brazil is part of a wider Latin American rollout, our trademark filing and prosecution team for Brazil and Latin America can check eligibility and coordinate the request with local counsel.
Where companies get the priority track wrong
- Waiting until the window is open. Quotas are first come, first served, and a popular modality can be used up early.
- Thin evidence. A marketplace request needs proof of the intention to sell and of the platform’s registered-mark requirement; a litigation request must name the mark at issue.
- Treating priority as approval. A faster decision can also be a faster refusal if the mark has conflicts.
- Using up the cap on minor files. Ten requests per applicant goes quickly in a large portfolio.
Frequently asked questions
When does the second 2026 priority window at the INPI open?
On 1 September 2026. It runs until 31 December 2026 with 1,500 requests, at least 100 of them reserved for each modality. Requests are accepted in date and time order, and the INPI stops taking new ones once the quota is used up.
How much does INPI priority examination cost?
The strategic and public-policy track (GRU 3020) costs BRL 890, or BRL 445 for micro-enterprises, individual micro-entrepreneurs, small businesses, teaching and research institutions and public bodies. A separate free track (GRU 3019) is open to people aged 60 or over, people with disabilities or serious illnesses and Inova Simples companies.
Can a foreign company use the Madrid modality?
Only if the INPI is its office of origin, meaning the Brazilian application is the base for an international registration. A foreign company that designated Brazil through Madrid does not fit that modality, but it may qualify under another one, such as opposition, litigation or marketplace sales, if it can document the conditions.
Can IP Global Guard request priority examination in Brazil for us?
Yes. We review which modality fits your file, prepare the evidence with qualified local correspondents and coordinate the request with the INPI. You keep one point of contact for Brazil and the rest of your trademark portfolio in Europe, Latin America and Africa.
How IP Global Guard can speed up your Brazilian filings
The priority track rewards companies that are ready before the window opens. IP Global Guard, the intellectual property line of META Channel Corporation Limited, manages trademark portfolios across more than 25 jurisdictions in Europe, Latin America and Africa with one strategy and one billing relationship.
Share your pending Brazilian applications and tell us why timing matters: a dispute, a marketplace launch or a Madrid filing. We will check eligibility, prepare the file and coordinate the request from a single point of contact. Ask our team to review your Brazilian files.
This article is general information, not legal advice, and reflects the position on its publication date.
Sources
- INPI, Portaria Normativa INPI/PR 66 of 10 April 2026 (modalities)
- INPI, Portaria Normativa INPI/PR 67 of 10 April 2026 (quotas)
- INPI, Trâmite prioritário de marcas (service page)
- SMABR, INPI publica novas regras de trâmite prioritário (14 April 2026)
- Dreyfus, Priority trademark processing at Brazil’s INPI (27 August 2026)
- Portal Contnews, INPI reaches quota limit for e-commerce priority processing (8 September 2026)
