Comparative law notes
Under the Brazilian Intellectual Property Act (Law No. 9,279 of 1996), "não obviedade" is connected to the idea of inventiveness and creativity (sec. 13 of the law).
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non-obviousness
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Definitions of non-obviousness
(of an invention) the state of not being obvious to a person skilled in the art of the relevant invention, and having involved an inventive step
The invention as described in the patent was neither new nor did it meet the test of non-obviousness.