"Anyone can log on to SAPI website, enter the consultation area and search for the information they need. This is very important because Venezuelan technicians will be able to change and improve those new technologies that have been developed. " Arlene Pi, Manager of Intellectual Property Autonomous Service (SAPI)? Talk over dinner.
According to the document, this decision aims to "abolish the exclusive rights established in the patent system". Last Sunday, Hugo Chá vez said in the weekly radio and television program "The President" that it was necessary to discuss intellectual property rights and patents. "We believe that patents will not be a restriction or a trap."
After asking the Cabinet to study and comment on this issue, the President of Venezuela announced that he had authorized Eduardo Samán, Minister of Trade, to "make some amendments" to the patent system in order to initiate legal amendment procedures that might lead to legal changes.
Orlando Viela Blanco, a lawyer specializing in industrial property rights, said that the decision of SAPI was a "coup" of the patent system. "The President has ordered the abolition of patents and industrial property rights."