Category of IP right | Type of limitation | Description | Relevant regulation |
|---|---|---|---|
Patents/Utility models/Designs | Prior user rights: | Person who has exploited an invention in a good faith before priority date keeps the right to exploatation of such invention. | Patents Act of 1994, § 16 Utility Models Act of 1994, § 15 Industrial Design Protection Act of 1997, § 17 |
Patents/Utility models | !!! Patents/Utility models/Designs - These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Acts performed for non-commercial purposes; Acts relating to the subject-matter of the invention done for experimental purposes including experiments and tests; Individual preparation of a medicine in a pharmacy according to a medical prescription. | Patents Act of 1994, § 17 Utility Models Act of 1994, § 16 Industrial Design Protection Act of 1997, § 18 |
Industrial Designs | |||
Topographies of Semiconductor Products | |||
Trade Marks | These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Using in the trade name, croporate name, name or adress, indications concerning the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, the time of production of goods or of rendering of services, or other characteristics of goods or services; Necessary use to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service, in particular as accessories or spare parts; Prior use of trade mark with the local significance. | Trade Marks Act of 2002, § 16 |
Copyright | Using in these fields shall not be considered as an infringement: | Personal use; Free use of works for scientific, educational, informational and judicial purposes; Free reproduction of works by libraries, archives and museums; Free use of reproductions of works located in places open to public; Free use of reproductions of works of architecture located in places open to public in real estate advertisements; Free public performance of works; Use of ephemeral recordings by radio and television organizations; Free use of computer programs. | Copyright Act of 1992, Articles 18-24 |
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