Copyright reforms in Brazil and in the U.S.

Join Professor William Fisher and Pedro Paranaguá, senior legal advisor for the Brazilian federal government on Intellectual Property, for a comparative perspective on major features of current bills advancing copyright reforms in Brazil and in the U.S.

 

April 21, 12-1pm
Hauser Hall 102 - Harvard Law School

*Italian lunch will be served*

Co-sponsored by HLS Brazilian Studies Association, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology and the Berkman Center

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Reforming Brazilian pharmaceutical patent policy: Lessons from the past and the road for the future

 

Join Pedro Paranagua, advisor of the Brazilian ruling party on IP issues at the House of Representatives, for a discussion on the current political debate towards the reform of the patent system in Brazil, with a focus on pharmaceuticals.

 

The talk will be followed by discussion with a panel of experts. Panelists include:
HLS Professor Benjamin N. Roin, Co-Director of the Petrie-Flom Center;
Professor Brook K. Baker, Northeastern University, expert on health law and human rights.

 

April 23, 12-1pm
WCC 1010 - Harvard Law School

 

*non-pizza lunch will be served*

 

Sponsored by the HLS Brazilian Studies Association, with support from the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.