Brazil Waters Down Compulsory Licensing Law

Companies in Brazil will not have to provide know-how and other detailed information on patents that are subject to compulsory licenses, although other provisions of a law passed last year to ease the compulsory licensing process remain in place.

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Compulsory licensing could be used to produce vaccines in Brazil • Source: Shutterstock

Pharmaceutical companies holding medicine patents in Brazil will be pleased to hear that the country’s National Congress has backed President Jair Bolsonaro’s decision to veto parts of a law that would have required firms to provide extensive information on products subject to a compulsory license.

The law (No 14.200/2021), which makes it easier to issue compulsory licenses in the event of a national or international...

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