Software-Related Patents:
Brazil
copyright 1997 Donald M. Cameron , Aird & Berlis
Contents
Statutes
Article 9 of the Brazilian Industrial Property Code precludes the patentability of:
H) systems and programs, plans and schedules for commercial accounting, calculations, financing, credit, lotteries, speculation or advertisements;
I) purely theoretical concepts.
Notwithstanding Article 9, inventions that incorporate a computer program as one of its elements may be patentable.
Regulations
There are no regulations that deal specifically with the patentability of software.
Case Law
There is no case law that deals specifically with the patentability of software.
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