Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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989279 | World Development | 2010 | 12 Pages |
SummaryContested is whether patent laws promote indigenous technology invention and innovation in developing countries. Brazil reformed its patent laws in 1996 to permit pharmaceutical product patents. Study of five post-patent law reform bio-medical technology invention and innovation projects in the state of Sao Paulo supports the propositions that patents provide incentives to Brazilian bio-medical technology entrepreneurs to make risky investments into innovation and that patents facilitate technology markets among public–private technology innovation networks, both Brazilian collaborations and North–South collaborations. Brazil enacted a technology law in 2005 that encourages public–private technology innovation through patent incentives and patent-facilitated technology markets.