Brazil's battle against the patent backlog

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Brazil's battle against the patent backlog

October 27 2015
Luiz Octavio Pimentel

The Brazil IP office president’s efforts to reduce one of the world’s worst backlogs have been derailed by recession. However, he hopes to take proactive measures, despite sceptical IP practitioners inside and outside Brazil and the controversy over double examination of pharmaceutical patents. Michael Loney reports

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