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? Leonardos Licks ? 2011 Leonardos Licks Latest Developments of the Brazilian Patent System Prepared for the 2011 Tongji Global Intellectual Property Forum Otto Licks Partner; Former Adjunct Professor at George Washington Law School and advisor to the Brazilian government on the implementation of the WTO TRIPS Agreement Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world (largerthan the continental U.S.), but +/- 200M people China and Brazil have a long relationship with no problems in the far past, recent past or present China is Brazil’s # 1 client for exports The U.S. was the first country to recognize Brazil’s independence from Portugal. Brazil has been a republic since 1889 with a legislature called National Congress (Senate and House of Representatives) Brazil is an original signatory of the Paris Convention and its patent law dates from 1809 Brazil is a founding member of the United Nations, OAS, GATT, WTO, etc Host for the World Cup of 2014 and Olympic games of 2016. Carnival happens once a year… The Federative Republic of Brazil * | ? 2011 Leonardos Licks Brazilian Public-Private Partnerships PPP * | ? 2011 Leonardos Licks Brazilian IP system – Take a look… International treatise are law of the land if signed and approved by the Brazilian Congress: Paris Convention, Bern Convention, WTO-TRIPS, etc. Domestic municipal legislation with TRIPS-Plus standards: Industrial Property Law, 9.279 of 1996: patents of invention and utility models; industrial design; trademark; repression of false geographical indications; and the repression of unfair competition. Copyright and Neighboring Rights Law, 9.610 of 1998 Computer software protection law, 9.609 of 1998 Several other statutes, such as Microchips, Plant Variety (UPOV); Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge Folklore, Data Exclusivity Protection, etc… Brazilian Public-Private Partnerships PPP * | ? 2011 Leonardos Licks Brazilian IP system – laws in the books * | ? 2011 Leonardos