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18 de March de 2019
The controversy regarding amendments to patent applications in Brazil is approaching to a possible end
As reported in our Newsletter #22, sent in October 2018, the Public Civil Action filed in 2002 by the Federal Public Prosecution Office (PPO) generated heated debates around the nterpretation of Article 32 of the Industrial Property Act (IPA – Law #9,279/1996) concerning the examination of patent applications.
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