National Defence and Security Sector Policies Development: the Intelectual Property and Innovation Management at the Brazilian Armed Forces

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the recent public policies development, at the Brazilian federal government, and more specific at the defense and security sector, focusing on sectoral specificities related to intellectual property and innovation management issue. Through literature review, it is possible to see the maturing of such policies, since the creation of the Ministry of Defense to the joint publication of the National Defense Policy (NDP), the National Defense Strategy (NDS) and the National Defense White Paper (NDWP) in 2013. Subsequently, there is the relationship between the NDP and the NDS with other public policies, such as the Productive Development Policy (PDP), the Bigger Brazil Plan (BBP) and the National Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation (NSSTI). Then the special rules for purchasing, hiring and developing products and defense systems were considered. After the establishment of this theoretical framework, the Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation are analyzed, under the Brazilian Defense Ministry and the three Armed Forces: Navy, Army and Air Force, investigating up and concluding to what extent such policies are consistent with the objectives and principles set by the 1988 Federal Constitution.