The New Brazilian Government Draft Law on Plant Varieties (Or… How a Developing Country May Want to Enhance IP Protection Because It May Actually Need It)

Borges Barbosa, Denis; Lessa, Marcus

The New Brazilian Government Draft Law on Plant Varieties (Or… How a Developing Country May Want to Enhance IP Protection Because It May Actually Need It)

Peter Yu, SECOND SUMMER INSTITUTE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Drake University Law School, 2009

24 Pages Posted: 8 Jun 2009 Last revised: 15 Jul 2009

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Denis Borges Barbosa

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Marcus Lessa

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - Institute of Economics

Date Written: June 6, 2009

Abstract

The Brazilian Government has just drafted a bill amending the Plant Variety Protection ("PVP") Statute passed in 1997. This amendment represents a significant re-thinking of the system, in a divorce of sorts from the Brazilian original standpoint following the implementation of TRIPs requirements, and an appraisal of the draft could shed light on a new - and independent - third-world assessment of how Intellectual Property Rights ("IPRs") can be adjusted to meet local interests and needs.

Keywords: Intellectual Property, Plant Variety Protection, Brazil

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Borges Barbosa, Denis and Lessa, Marcus, The New Brazilian Government Draft Law on Plant Varieties (Or… How a Developing Country May Want to Enhance IP Protection Because It May Actually Need It) (June 6, 2009). Peter Yu, SECOND SUMMER INSTITUTE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Drake University Law School, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1415406