64. The representative of Brazil introduced document IP/N/1/BRA/1 and said that it had not been necessary to pass a new law to enable patent applications to be filed under Article 70.8, since the current law did not forbid the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property from receiving such patent applications. Consequently, implementation of the provision in question had been possible by the administrative measure passed by the President of the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property described in the notification.
