Brazil jurisdiction report: Can the patent backlog be beaten?

03-11-2017

Maria Alice Calliari and Vinícius Loureiro Casciano

Brazil jurisdiction report: Can the patent backlog be beaten?

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The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office has built up a tremendous patent backlog that is hampering the functioning of the patent system. Recent official data shows that a patent application would take 11 years before reaching a final decision. The prospect is bleak: IT inventions may take more than 14 years to get examined. In a rapidly changing field such as this, protracted examination renders most patents unusable.


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