Technology transfer contracts and the limits to private autonomy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2009v13n0p65Keywords:
Contracts, transfer, technology, private autonomyAbstract
A distinctive characteristic of Technology Transfer Contracts is the State intervention, whose consequence is the limitation of freedom to establish their content. From a reflection on State intervention, reasons for the limits are pointed out, inside the countries and in the international context. Technology and its transfer are defined, establishing the modalities and clauses of contracts. This paper indicates how control works in Brazil, mainly through the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). It presents a historical description of intervention and of the laws that regulate the content of the contract.