LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT IN STIMULATING THE GENERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AS INNOVATIONS

This article is devoted to surveying the legal regulation of the production and dissemination of scientific and technical information in Brazil with a considerable focus on protection of intellectual property (IP) rights. The author examines the institutional element of the system of innovations in Brazil and analyzes the legal aspects of the ways in which the government stimulates the generation and implementation of scientific information as innovations. For this purpose, the author considers the provisions of laws No. 13.243 of January 11, 2016, "On the civil and legal basis for the regulation of science, technology and innovation," No. 10.973 of December 2, 2004, "Incentive to innovation and scientific and technological research in production," and No. 9.610 of February 19, 1998, "On copyright and related rights" and concludes Brazil at present is paying more attention to the modernization of approaches that can legally regulate the development of science and innovation.