Are we facing a change in the patent protection of inventions in the phytosanitary sector in Bolivia?
Bolivia’s industrial property law, Decision No. 486 of the Andean Community, contains an article that defines what cannot be patented. This article 20 b) is currently the subject of controversy due to Bolivian Patent Office’s interpretation thereof. Article 20 b) establishes that not patentable are: (b) inventions the commercial exploitation of which in the member…