Brazil

Brazil’s patent office has launched a consultation about granting software patents.

Please join the ESP-Br mailing list and help us: discussao-br (Portuguese).

The patent office’s page about the consultation is here: Consulta pública sobre exame de patente implementada por software.

For info and links, there are ESP wiki pages in English:

• http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Brazil
• http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Brazilian_patent_office_consultation_2012

And in Portuguese:

• http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Brasil
• http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Consulta_brasileira_do_escritório_de_patentes_2012
• http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Talk:Discuss_this_wiki_in_Portuguese

The deadline appears to be May 15th. The en.swpat.org wiki pages are publicly-editable. If you can add info, that would be helpful.