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* http://www.inpi.gov.br - Brazil's patent office
 
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* [http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/legis/brasil/index.pt.html Leis Federais] - list by FSFLA of Brazil's mains laws on software
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 03:58, 21 March 2012

2012 patent office consultation

Brazil's patent office has launched a consultation on the granting of software patents.

Deadline: Monday May 15th (60 days after the launch, March 16th).

Links to be checked

These pages might have useful info:

Legislation

National law

Patentable subject matter is defined in the law "Regula direitos e obrigações relativos à propriedade industrial":

Portuguese original Unofficial translation
Art. 10. Não se considera invenção nem modelo de utilidade:
I - descobertas, teorias científicas e métodos matemáticos;
II - concepções puramente abstratas;
III - esquemas, planos, princípios ou métodos comerciais, contábeis, financeiros, educativos, publicitários, de sorteio e de fiscalização;
IV - as obras literárias, arquitetônicas, artísticas e científicas ou qualquer criação estética;
V - programas de computador em si;
VI - apresentação de informações;
VII - regras de jogo;
[...]
Art. 10. Shall not be considered an invention or a utility method:
I - discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods;
II - purely abstract concepts;
III - schemes, plans, principles or methods for commerce, accounts, financing, education,advertising, lottery and control;
IV - literary, architectural artistic and scientific works, or any, aesthetic creations;
V - computer programs per se;
VI - presentation of information;
VII - rules of a game;
[...]

International agreements

Brazil is a signatory of the TRIPS agreement. This does not carry any requirements about software being patentable, but it defines some words that can be confusing. To avoid the confusing terms, legislation should describe software as being a work by an author (see TRIPS art. 10), and avoid saying that software is a field of technology. Software does not meet the legal definition of "technology".

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External links

References