Mr vila hopes that more effective , and swifter , patent protection and a 2004 law granting universities greater rights / to exploit spin-offs from publicly funded research will mean that innovation will now bear more fruit .
" Instead of believing that it is essential to protect ourselves from foreign industry , we now realise that we must protect our own intellectual property to encourage innovation , " says jorge vila , the president of inpi .
Vila emphasizes that he does not believe it was church policy to facilitate these thefts , but rather , a high number of nuns and priests are implicated because they formed an important part of hospital staff at the time .
A majority of exit polls handed mr funes , a former television journalist , victory over his only opponent , rodrigo & aacute ; vila , of the incumbent right-wing alianza republicana nacionalista ( arena ) who conceded defeat the same day .