SA’s patents landscape is characterised by easy patent grants to local individuals and bodies, as well as patents of dubious quality and value. This strongly suggests that the existing patent system plays a role in stifling, rather than stimulating, innovation.

Historicamente, o Brasil se encontra na vanguarda dos países em desenvolvimento, pressionando por um regime de propriedade intelectual (PI) mais equilibrado.  

The cost of drugs for grave illnesses has gone through the roof, and the Indian Patent Office (IPO) has reportedly been granting patents not just for minor tweaks on pre-existing drugs but also without proper scrutiny.

Patents for trivial improvements on drugs, though statutorily barred, are routinely granted.

Pharmaceutical companies commonly used legal argument, as opposed to demonstrating proof of therapeutic efficacy, to overcome anti-evergreening objections