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25 October 2016AmericasMarcelo Oliveira de Souza and Antonio Alexandre Moura dos Santos

Doubling up: biotech patent examination in Brazil

The merging of intellectual property law and biotechnology represents the joining of old law with new technology. In theory, statutes designed to facilitate creation of unforeseen technologies and reward inventors for their creativity should blend easily with the inventions of biotechnology. Although IP laws have fostered research and development in biotechnology, new legal and social questions have also arisen.

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