novidade

substantivo

full

novelty

noun

Comparative law notes

Portugal

"Novidade" is the term used by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Act (Law No. 9,279, of 1996) to distinguish inventions which are not available in the prior art ( sec. 11, § 2, of the law).

Definitions of novelty

English

the quality of being new or different from anything else that exists (and therefore satisfying one of the requirements of patentability)

To meet the novelty requirement, the invention must not have been known or used by others in this country before the applicant invented it.