Patents and utility models

direct indirect

The owner has the right to prevent the exploitation (________) of the patent product by others without his consent.

Novelty

________: absolute /Unknown in the existing knowledge.

Patents

________ are not secret: anyone can make research on it and try to improve and develop with new ideas.

Definition of patent

________: A monopoly granted by the State in respect of an invention ad an incentive to innovate.

Tratado sobre el Derecho de Patentes 2013

sobre cuestiones relativas al Registro

Definition of patent

A monopoly granted by the State in respect of an invention ad an incentive to innovate

Patents are not secret

anyone can make research on it and try to improve and develop with new ideas

Novelty

absolute / Unknown in the existing knowledge

Examination period

General procedure, Previous exam

Limits

General (61.1); Exhaustion principle (61.2)

to work the patent

by himself/authorized person

Can be licensed

contractual licenses, ex officio licenses, compulsory license

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