Title: The Brazilian statutory exemption to pharmaceutical patents: beyond generics

Authors: Carlos Alberto Rohrmann, Fabiola Moreira Gontijo

Addresses: Milton Campos Law School, Rua Sao Domingos do Prata 283, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30.330-110, Brazil. ' Faculdade de Direito Milton Campos, Alameda da Serra, 61, Nova Lima, MG – 34.000, Brazil

Abstract: Brazilian patent law offers a statutory exception related specifically to pharmaceutical patents. That exception has a unique importance to the new aspects of the intellectual property rights and to the rights to public health. This article will present this statutory exception and analyse the consequences of its application. The text relates to the new international trends that regulate pharmaceutical patents, especially the relation between pharmaceutical patents and public health.

Keywords: pharmaceutical patents; Brazil; patent laws; public health; comparative law; legislation; statutory exemptions; statutes; intellectual property; property rights; generic drugs; medicine; liability; scientific enquiry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSE.2011.041290

International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, 2011 Vol.4 No.1, pp.65 - 75

Published online: 29 Nov 2014 *

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