1 April 2010Jurisdiction reportsOtto Licks and Rodrigo Souto Maior

Suspending IP rights

The measure is a retaliation under the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding. It is not known whether it is just a political move to make the US comply with the WTO Appellate Body Report on Subsidies on Upland Cotton or if the new law will be used as another tool in Brazil’s anti-intellectual property arsenal.

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