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CHAMAS, Claudia Inês
Claudia Chamas is a researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health). She works on intellectual property issues and is the author of several journal articles on the topic that focus on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. She received a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a MSc and DSc in Production Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In the years 2000 and 2002, she was visiting researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für Geistiges Eigentum, Wettbewerbs- und Steuerrecht in Munich. She has organised seminars and coordinated research projects that were funded by Brazilian funding agencies (CNPq, Faperj, etc). She is a regular guest speaker at various universities and is a member of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property, the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s Intellectual Property Committee, and the Brazilian Association of Fine Chemicals, Biotechnology, and Specialties Industries’ Industrial Property Committee.
Abstract
Current Issues of IP Management in Health and Agriculture in Brazil
Abstract:
This chapter presents Brazil’s intellectual property (IP) system and identifies relevant experiences of IP management in the fields of health and agriculture. Brazil takes advantage of the flexibilities offered by relevant international agreements, such as the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), and attempts to implement an equitable system. During the 1990s, Brazil revised its industrial property and copyright laws, and other related laws, and enacted new legislation that includes provisions for plant variety protection and for access to biological resources.
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