where the period shall be extended to two
years.
4. The title of a work not yet published shall not
be protected, unless it was registered jointly
with the work of which it forms a part and
prior to disclosure of any other work of a
similar nature known by the same or a similar
title.
Article 4
1. The right over an intellectual work, whatever
its genre or form of expression, shall be called
copyright.
2. Within the limits of the law, the holder of
copyright��shall have the power to dispose of
the work and use it or enjoy it, or to authorize
its use or enjoyment by third parties, as a
whole or in part.
3. Copyright shall be recognized independently
of filing or registration or any other formality
and even if the work is not protected in the
country of origin.
Article 7
1. Copyright over an intellectual work as an
incorporeal object shall be independent of the
property right over material objects which
serve as instruments or vehicles for its use.
2. Neither the manufacturer nor the acquirer of
these objects shall enjoy any of the powers
included in copyright, nor shall those powers
guarantee the holder of copyright the power to
require that the manufacturer or the owner of
such objects place those objects at his disposal
in order to allow him to exercise his right.
Article 5
1. Copyright shall include economic rights and
rights of a personal nature, known as moral
rights.
2. Economic rights shall be transferrable by all
means permitted in law; moral rights may only
be transferred under the terms of the present
law.
SECTION II
Article 6
1. Protection granted to an intellectual work,
under the terms of the previous article, shall
extend to its title, provided it is original and
that it cannot be confused with the title of any
other work of the same nature by another
author which has previously been disclosed.
2. Such protection shall not apply to the
following:
(a) titles consisting of a generic,
designation or a necessary and
habitual designation of the subject
matter of works of a certain kinds,
such as Civil Law Treaty, Physics
Course, Compendium of Ethics, Trade
Law Handbook, History of Portugal,
Commentary on the Civil Code;
(b) titles consisting of the names of
historical/mythological figures or
characters from historical fiction, such
as Ines de Castro or Electra.
3. Titles of newspapers or any other periodicals
shall be protected, provided that they are
published regularly and continuously, up to
one year after publication of the last issue,
except in the case of annual publications
Grant of Copyright
Article 8
1. Copyright shall belong to the intellectual
creator of the work.
2. Any entity which merely subsidized the
publication, reproduction or conclusion of the
work, even if in the public interest, shall not
acquire any rights over the work.
3. The fact that a work has been carried out to
order or on behalf of another person, or even
in fulfillment of official duties or under an
employment contract shall not exclude the
right of the creator of the work.
4. Where the creator of the work authorizes
another party to publish the work, at his
expense, the latter shall only acquire the rights
to the edition or editions covered by the
authorization, with the understanding that, if
doubt exists, the right shall only cover one
edition.
5. In the cases provided for in the two previous
paragraphs the author may not make use of the
work in any way prejudicial to the purpose for
which it was produced, or to similar purposes
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